Format:
xii, 334 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781009100397
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9781009114912
Series Statement:
Strategies for social inquiry
Content:
The most important step in social science research is the first step - finding a topic. Unfortunately, little guidance on this crucial and difficult challenge is available. Methodological studies and courses tend to focus on theory testing rather than theory generation. This book aims to redress that imbalance. The first part of the book offers an overview of the book's central concerns. How do social scientists arrive at ideas for their work? What are the different ways in which a study can contribute to knowledge in a field? The second part of the book offers suggestions about how to think creatively, including general strategies for finding a topic and heuristics for discovery. The third part of the book shows how data exploration may assist in generating theories and hypotheses. The fourth part of the book offers suggestions about how to fashion disparate ideas into a theory.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 300-331
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009118620
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Gerring, John Finding your social science project Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Gerring, John, 1962 - Finding your social science project Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2022 ISBN 9781009118620
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
Sozialwissenschaften
;
Empirische Sozialforschung
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Forschungsprojekt
DOI:
10.1017/978109118620
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