Methodology category: 1297 books
Mental health service users in research
Critical sociological perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
This book aims to show the value but also the difficulties encountered in the application of 'insider knowledge' in service user research. Mental health service users in research considers ways of 'doing research' which bring multiple understandings together effectively, and explains the sociological...
by Sylvia Green
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 21, 2016
“La filosofia del mondo può essere compressa in poche righe? Ammettetelo: ve lo siete chiesto anche voi quando avete visto lo spessore di gran parte dei libri di filosofia. Qui le opzioni sono due: o i filosofi ci vogliono distruggere la mente, o i loro libri sono dei test per vedere quanto riusciamo...
by Daniel Derrin
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Rhetoric and the Familiar examines the writing and oratory of Francis Bacon and John Donne from the perspective of the faculty psychology they both inherited. Both writers inherited the resources of the classical rhetorical tradition through their university education. The book traces, from within...
Emotion and the Researcher
Sites, Subjectivities, and Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2018
Traditional research discourses continue to present academic work as rational, detached, objective and free from emotion. This volume argues that the presentation of research as ‘objective’ conceals the subject positions of researchers, and the emotional imperatives that often drive research....
by Friedrich A. Von Hayek, Dario Antiseri
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 1, 2011
L’abuso della ragione è un classico della metodologia delle scienze sociali, un’opera nella quale Hayek mostra le ragioni e le conseguenze non solo epistemologiche ma anche etiche e politiche dell’individualismo metodologico, una prospettiva che si oppone e che scardina la tradizione del collettivismo...
Creating a Dialectical Social Science
Concepts, Methods, and Models
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The depth, intensity, and long-standing nature of the disagreements between differing schools of social thought renders more critical than ever the treatment of dialectical reasoning and its relationship to the social sciences. The nature of these disagreements are deeply rooted in fundamentally differing...
Langage, activités et ordre social
Faire de la sociologie avec Harvey Sacks
Language: French
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Le sociologue américain Harvey Sacks (1935-1975) a apporté une contribution décisive au développement de l’ethnométhodologie en fondant l’analyse de conversation et l’analyse des catégorisations. Il a renouvelé l’étude du rapport entre langage et action sociale en élaborant une démarche...
How Science Works
Evaluating Evidence in Biology and Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
One week, red wine is good for the heart. The next week, new reports say it's bad for the health. So which is true? Anyone who's ever read science news with fascination, or who's ever been confounded by conflicting stories will appreciate this book. Taking a look at some true to life contemporary...
The Institutionalization of Social Welfare
A Study of Medicalizing Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Today most countries rely on formally organized welfare programs - in some cases to the extent that they are labeled "welfare states". These programs, which have been constructed over the last decades, make up a larger national and international system of good intentions. Overall, it appears...
Qualitative Data Analysis
From Start to Finish
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
This is the ideal book to get you up and running with the basics of qualitative data analysis. It breaks everything down into a series of simple steps and introduces the practical tools and techniques you need to turn your transcripts into meaningful research.
Using multidisciplinary data from...
Introduction to Research Methods 5th Edition
A Practical Guide for Anyone Undertaking a Research Project
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2019
Introduction to Research Methods contains everything from developing an initial idea into a proposal, through to analysing data and reporting results. Whether you have to undertake a project as part of your coursework, or as part of your employment, or simply because you are fascinated by something...
by Susanne Friese
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Now updated to cover latest versions and featuring instructions for both Mac and Windows users, this book is still the go-to source of support for getting to grips with qualitative data analysis using ATLAS.ti.
With over twenty years of experience using, developing, and teaching ATLAS.ti,...
Elementary Regression Modeling
A Discrete Approach
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Elementary Regression Modeling by Roger A. Wojtkiewicz builds on simple differences between groups to explain regression and regression modeling. User-friendly and immediately accessible, this book gives readers a thorough understanding of control modeling, interaction modeling, modeling linearity...
Quantitative und qualitative empirische Forschung
Ein Diskussionsbeitrag
Language: German
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Dieses Buch erörtert die Grundannahmen, auf denen der quantitative bzw. der qualitative Forschungsansatz beruhen. Hierzu wird ein materialistisch-deterministisches Welt- und Menschenbild (quantitative Forschung) einem humanistischen Menschenbild in Verbindung mit der erkenntnistheoretischen Position...