Data Collection: Key Debates and Methods in Social Research - Softcover

Olsen, Wendy

 
9781847872562: Data Collection: Key Debates and Methods in Social Research

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Offering cross-referenced, accessible overviews of key theoretical issues and practical methods, Data Collection provides students and researchers alike with an indispensible introduction to the tools needed for data collection.

This innovative book uses clear definitions, relevant interdisciplinary examples from around the world and up-to-date suggestions for further reading to give helpful ways to gather and use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed data sets.

The book is divided into seven critical parts including Data Collection: An Introduction to Research Practices; Collecting Qualitative Data; Observation and Informed Methods; Experimental and Systematic Data Collection; Survey Methods for Data Collection; The Case Study Method of Data Collection; and Concluding Suggestions for Data Collection Groups.

A stimulating, practical guide which can be read as individual concepts or as a whole, this text is an important resource for students and research professionals.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Wendy Olsen is Senior Lecturer at Manchester University, Institute for Development Policy & Management

and Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research.

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Helps students and researchers to understand the ideas and methods behind the successful collection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed data sets in transparent, scientific ways.

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9781847872555: Data Collection: Key Debates and Methods in Social Research

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ISBN 10:  1847872557 ISBN 13:  9781847872555
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011
Hardcover