Research in Practice: Applied Methods for the Social SciencesMartin Terre Blanche, Martin J. Terre Blanche, Kevin Durrheim, Desmond Painter Juta and Company Ltd, 2006 - 594 من الصفحات A major shift in research methodology from technical to more contextual and pragmatic approaches, this thorough resource incorporates new trends while also providing comprehensive coverage of the full range of established research approaches and techniques, skillfully combining epistemology, methodology, statistics, and application in a volume that is both sophisticated and practical. Placing a greater emphasis on interdisciplinary and applied research skills, this guide encourages the concurrent use of qualitative and quantitative methods and explores such complex topics as ethical issues in social science research; inferential statistical methods; and Marxist, feminist, and black scholarship perspectives. |
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5 | 70 |
6 | 108 |
Quantitative research techniques | 129 |
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An overview of inferential statistical methods | 215 |
Multivariate data analysis | 243 |
Research in applied contexts | 389 |
Programme evaluation | 409 |
A practical guide for realistic radicals | 429 |
Researching public policy | 443 |
Assessment research | 476 |
Marxist feminist and black scholarship perspectives | 499 |
A critical practice? | 523 |
Postcolonial African methods and interpretation | 538 |
Qualitative research techniques | 269 |
Why qualitative research? | 281 |
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The balancing act in qualitative analysis | 345 |
Glossary | 557 |
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