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Reflexivity and bracketing in sociological phenomenological research: researching the competitive swimming lifeworld

open access: yesQualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 2018
In this article, following on from earlier debates in the journal regarding the ‘thorny issue’ of epochē and bracketing in sociological phenomenological research, we consider more generally the challenges of engaging in reflexivity and bracketing when ...
Gareth McNarry   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Offender supervision in Europe: General trends and Serbian experience [PDF]

open access: yesNBP: Nauka, bezbednost, policija, 2014
Offender supervision represents an important mechanism applied during the execution of criminal sanctions and measures, especially of community or alternative sanctions. Official reports of some European countries suggest that the application of offender
Želeskov-Đorić Jelena   +1 more
doaj  

Basic Income in Belgium survey: experimental data on citizens’ attitudes toward a variety of basic income policies

open access: yesData in Brief, 2023
This article presents the BAsic income in BELgium (BABEL) dataset on public opinion on the introduction of a universal basic income (UBI) in Belgium, collected through an online panel among a sample of 3000 respondents in spring 2021.
Tijs Laenen   +3 more
doaj  

The Application of Abductive and Retroductive Inference for the Design and Analysis of Theory-Driven Sociological Research

open access: yes, 2013
Abductive and retroductive inference are innovative tools of analysis which enable researchers to refine and redevelop social theory. This paper describes and demonstrates how to apply these tools to strengthen sociological theory-driven empirical ...
S. Meyer, Belinda Lunnay
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How do COVID-19 lockdown practices relate to sustainable well-being? Lessons from Oslo and Geneva

open access: yesSustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in everyday lives through restrictions that resulted in lockdown practices in the home, whereby practices were reassessed, changed, renewed, or newly established. Based on a qualitative study of lockdown practices
Orlane Moynat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

2019 Winter NASIS Methodology Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Bureau of Sociological Research 2019 Winter NASIS Methodology Report Contents Introduction 3 Mode Selection 3 Design and Item Selection 3 Sampling Design 4 Data Collection Process 4 Response Rate 5 Data-Entry Training, Supervision, and Quality Control
Bureau of Sociological Research
core   +1 more source

Large Surveys in Cosmology: The Changing Sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Galaxy redshift surveys and Cosmic Microwave Background experiments are undertaken with larger and larger teams, in a fashion reminiscent of particle physics experiments and the human genome projects. We discuss the role of young researchers, the issue of multiple authorship, and ways to communicate effectively in teams of tens to hundreds of ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Sociophysics: a new approach of sociological collective behaviour. I. Mean-behaviour description of a strike [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Mathematical Sociology, Vol. 9, 1-13 (1982), 2022
A new approach to the understanding of sociological collective behaviour, based on the framework of critical phenomena in physics, is presented. The first step consists of constructing a simple mean-behaviour model and applying it to a strike process in a plant.
arxiv  

Toward an Epistemic-Logical Theory of Categorization [PDF]

open access: yesEPTCS 251, 2017, pp. 167-186, 2017
Categorization systems are widely studied in psychology, sociology, and organization theory as information-structuring devices which are critical to decision-making processes. In the present paper, we introduce a sound and complete epistemic logic of categories and agents' categorical perception.
arxiv   +1 more source

Cervical cancer screening programs and their context-dependent effect on inequalities in screening uptake: a dynamic interplay between public health policy and welfare state redistribution

open access: yesInternational Journal for Equity in Health, 2021
Background While organized and opportunistic cervical cancer screening (CCS) programs implemented across the European Union have increased participation rates, barriers to socioeconomically deprived women remain substantial, implying high levels of ...
Vincent De Prez   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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