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Researching Sexual Behavior (Kinsey Institute Series)

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This volume is the result of a 1996 international gathering hosted by The Kinsey Institute to address survey research into sexual behavior, driven predominantly by concern over HIV infection and AIDS and the need to establish the frequency of behaviors that might be facilitating the spread of the virus.

Social Research Methods (4th Edition)

David Dooley

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This book presents a balanced presentation of research methods across disciplinary boundaries—both psychological and sociological, laboratory experiments and survey methods, quantitative and qualitative techniques. It offers a coherent, organizing theme, in this case, that of validity in its various guises-internal, external, inferential statistical, and measurement construct. The organizing theme is validity—the extent to which the researcher's conclusion can be judged credible. Validity is broken down into several components each of which is developed in one or more chapters including construct validity (both measurement and experimental), statistical inference validity, internal validity, and external validity. These validity types are then revisited as appropriate in the treatments of the several basic research approaches—true experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, and qualitative. Ideal for professionals belonging to various psychological or sociological association or anyone interested in review or updating their current knowledge.

Handbook of Social Comparison: Theory and Research (The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology)

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Comparison of objects, events, and situations is integral to judgment; comparisons of the self with other people comprise one of the building blocks of human conduct and experience. After four decades of research, the topic of social comparison is more popular than ever. In this timely handbook a distinguished roster of researchers and theoreticians describe where the field has been since its development in the early 1950s and where it is likely to go next.

The Dynamics and Evolution of Social Systems New Foundations of a Mathematical Sociology (Theory and Decision Library Series A Philosophy and Methodology of the Social. Sciences Volume 29)

Jurgen Kluver

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The central topic of this book is the mathematical analysis of social systems, understood in the following rather classical way: social systems consist of social actors who interact according to specific rules of interactions; the dynamics of social systems is then the consequences of these interactions, viz., the self-organization of social systems. According to particular demands of their environment, social systems are able to behave in an adaptive manner, that is they can change their rules of interaction by certain meta rules and thus generate a meta dynamics. It is possible to model and analyse mathematically both dynamics and meta dynamics, using cellular automata and genetic algorithms. These tools allow social systems theory to be carried through as precisely as the theories of natural systems, a feat that has not previously been possible. Readership: Researchers and graduate students in the fields of theoretical sociology and social and general systems theory and other interested scientists. No specialised knowledge of mathematics and/or computer science is required.

Designing Social Research: The Logic of Anticipation

Norman Blaikie

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The book's title says it all: this is a book about designing your research, in other words, how to write a plan to get from initial ideas to a concise and foundational plan that outlines "an action plan to get from here to there" (p.35)

I think this book is particularly suitable for scholars working in the social sciences or humanities scholars that have just started working in their dissertation or postdoc (or plan to do so in the near future).

I've purchased this book a couple of weeks ago, but it has already proven to be invaluable in my case for a number of reasons:

- Blaikie's book has the ability to get you started rather quickly: the first two chapters set the scene for the rest of the book, so you immediately have a very detailed and firm grasp of the what the book might be able to help you accomplish;
- The writing is very inspirational and triggers a lot of thought about how you thought your research should be carried out. Think again. Or better yet: think it through - thoroughly;
- Foundational work is a complex and often daunting task, but this book will definitely help you to write a very detailed yet concise research plan.

If you're looking for a book that will help you to do some serious foundational work for your research, look no further.

This is not a book about psychological hurdles in the life of the social scientist or PhD candidate. It's not about how to talk to your supervisors, working on contributions for conferences, or how to apply for grants. That said, this is indispensable stuff for any PhD.

Praise to mr. Blaikie for a job well done.

Editorial Review:

This accessible text presents a comprehensive and integrated scheme for preparing research designs and proposals.

Sociological Research Methods

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Sociological Methodology, 1989

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Community Research As Empowerment: Feminist Links, Postmodern Interruptions

Janice L. Ristock, Joan Pennell

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This volume is an invitation to reshape ways of carrying out research for social action so that we critically analyze and responsibly use power at all stages of the research. Research as Empowerment encourages "feminist links" for carrying out an agenda of empowerment, while ensuring "postmodern interruptions" to keep from fixing onto any one analysis or solution of complex social issues. The text provides in-depth examples and research instruments used in the authors' studies with shelters, young people, lesbians, aboriginal women and others committed to ending violence against women and children and creating democratic organizations. Each example reveals a process of affirming real people and distinct cultures while at the same time disrupting categories that are socially constructed as a way to uncover the working of power. Throughout this volume ways are suggested that members of community groups, government departments and universities can join together in research as empowerment.

Action Research: From Practice to Writing in an International Action Research Development Program (Dialogues on Work and Innovation)

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Ethnographic Writing Research: Writing It Down, Writing It Up, and Reading It

Wendy Bishop

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The primary goal of Ethnographic Writing Research is to help you conduct your day-to-day research - whether it means developing an informal classroom report, writing a dissertation prospectus and study, or participating in local, civic literacy research.