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Principles of Research Design in the Social Sciences

, 2000
This practical introduction for first time researchers provides a bridge between how to conduct research and the philosophy of social science, allowing students to relate what they are doing to why.
F. Bechhofer, Lindsay Paterson
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The quality of an action research thesis in the social sciences

, 2007
Purpose – The paper seeks to identify the quality characteristics of critical action research and action research theses compared to traditional research thesis writing.Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the literature and the authors' experience ...
O. Zuber-Skerritt, M. Fletcher
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Conceptual issues of research methodology for the behavioural, life and social sciences

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician), 2003
Research methodology (RM) must be clearly separated from substantive fields, such as medicine, psychology, education, sociology and economics, and, on the other side, from the philosophy of science and statistics. RM starts from substantive research problems and uses statistical knowledge, but it goes its own way in developing and applying new methods ...
Mellenbergh, G.J., Adèr, H.J., Baird, D., Berger, M.P.F., Cornell, J.E., Hagenaars, J.A., Molenaar, P.C.M.   +6 more
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Grounded Theory Methodology

, 2013
The overarching research goal for which grounded theory methodology (GTM) is used is to understand the basic social processes that underlie a phenomenon in socially or experientially relevant domains of human life.
K. R. Priya
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Important in Social-Science Research: The Language of Social Research: A Reader in the Methodology of Social Research

The Journal of Higher Education, 1955
(1955). Important in Social-Science Research: The Language of Social Research: A Reader in the Methodology of Social Research. The Journal of Higher Education: Vol. 26, No. 8, pp. 453-454.
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Research Methodology

Social Science Computer Review, 1997
With the availability of powerful, inexpensive computer hardware and software, computer-intensive statistical methods are becoming more commonly applied in the social sciences. These methods frequently offer a number of advantages over traditional parametric procedures.
Gustavo A. Gurrieri, Carmen Cirincione
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Feminist research [PDF]

Contributions to Indian Sociology, 2016
The article focuses on methodological debates between feminisms and sociologies. It suggests that before the advent of feminist studies, social scientists had not engaged critically with patriarchal and androcentric structures which oppress and dominate women.
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WEBER’S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL SCIENCE METHODOLOGY AND EMPIRICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

This chapter considers the empirical methods used by Weber. Key concepts like Weber’s ideal types, his demand for value freedom and his approach to sociological explanation referring to a systematic distinction between social structure and social action, as described in the second chapter, will be briefly reviewed.
Betz, Alexander, Eifler, Stefanie
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Soft systems methodology as a social science research tool

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 1997
Soft systems methodology (SSM) is well established as a vehicle for action research, particularly in programmes initiated at Lancaster University. It is now sufficiently well known, in academic circles at least, to be considered as a candidate methodology for a wide range of social science research projects.
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Statistics and Research Methodology: Authoring, Multimedia, and Automation of Social Science Research

Social Science Computer Review, 1993
People with training specifically in research methods and statistics can usually find their way through the pull-down menus, icons, and help screens and accomplish their intended tasks. But for those who do not have the training, or who need a refresher course in methods and statistics there is still a fairly steep learning curve before they feel ...
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