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Methodology matters: doing research in the behavioral and social sciences
, 1995Publisher Summary Doing research simply means the systematic use of some set of theoretical and empirical tools to try to increase understanding of some set of phenomena or events. In the social and behavioral sciences, the phenomena of interest involve states and actions of human systems—of individuals, groups, organizations, and larger social ...
J. McGrath
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The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences
, 2015Packed with new definitions, terms, and graphics, this invaluable resource is an ideal reference for researchers and professionals in the field and provides everything students need to read and understand a research report, including elementary terms ...
W. Vogt, R. B. Johnson
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The methodological identity of shadowing in social science research
Qualitative Research Journal, 2012PurposeThe research technique of shadowing is the most in‐depth type of systematic, direct observation in situ of behaviours within a particular organisational or social setting, and yet, it crucially lacks documentation and critical analysis. The origins of the under‐documenting, coupled with the mutation of the scientific method of shadowing through ...
Jennifer Robyn Sappey +1 more
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The Aesthetics of Research Methodologies in the Social Sciences
International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 2006A strong parallel exists between current research methodologies in the social sciences and the two most central and popular approaches to aesthetics over the last four centuries. The point of this paper is to show this parallel, to demonstrate the importance and relevance of this parallel, and finally to examine ways of deciding, given this parallel ...
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REINTEGRATING RAPID APPRAISAL METHODOLOGY IN SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
International Journal of Development Strategies in Humanities, Management and Social Sciences, 2021Social sciences research methodology is of great importance in disciplines and for interested people on searching various knowledge or solution to a phenomenon. This is due to the fact that, human activities and environmental changes created complexity in life as well as challenges. But, these challenges requires answers from fundamental questions such
Ahmad Ahmad, Kabir Bello
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Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 2020
AbstractThose engaged in community‐based participatory research often comment on tensions between social scientific and community values, yet little systematic evidence exists about the relationship between social science research methodologies and community participation.
Kelsey Leonard +3 more
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AbstractThose engaged in community‐based participatory research often comment on tensions between social scientific and community values, yet little systematic evidence exists about the relationship between social science research methodologies and community participation.
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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), 2003Research 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. +6 more
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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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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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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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(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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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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