Bibliograph

Give methods a chance, Kyle Green, Utica College ; Sarah Lageson, Rutgers-University-Newark

Type

Label

Give methods a chance, Kyle Green, Utica College ; Sarah Lageson, Rutgers-University-Newark

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Give methods a chance

Oclc number

953806040

Responsibility statement

Kyle Green, Utica College ; Sarah Lageson, Rutgers-University-Newark

Series statement

The society pages

Summary

Offers a unique multimedia introduction to research methods. This volume, which builds on podcast interviews available at TheSocietyPages.org, introduces readers to some of the most creative, exciting, and influential researchers in sociology. These stories from the field are designed to demystify the research process and show how methods are put into action. The text and complementary podcasts offer a distinctive, first-person window into how sociologists generate knowledge: the fun, the headaches, the workarounds, and the care and passion needed to get things right

Table Of Contents

Series preface / Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen -- Introduction: how the sociological sausage in made / Kyle Green and Sarah Lageson -- Part 1. Interpretive and qualitative methods -- Interviews and telling a good story / featuring Amy Schalet -- Getting focus groups right / featuring Audrey Kobayashi -- Negotiating the ethnographic hallways / featuring C.J. Pascoe -- Analyzing commercials / featuring Madison van Oort and Kyle Green -- Comparative historical research / featuring David Fitzgerald and David Cook-Martín -- Part 2. Explanatory and quantitative methods -- Field effects in experimental audits / featuring Devah Pager -- Counting things in new ways / featuring Christopher Wildeman -- The cost and benefits of longitudinal studies / featuring Deborah Carr -- Visual content analysis of urban space / featuring Keith Hampton -- Real-time quantitative content analysis / featuring Andrew Billings -- Part 3. Mixed methods -- Collaborative research and question-driven methods / featuring Helen B. Marrow -- Mixing methods to see bigger pictures / featuring Vincent Roscigno -- Following the circuits of culture / featuring Matthew Hughey -- Part 4. Innovations -- Finding findings in big data / featuring Daniel Sui -- Online surveys / featuring Justin Pickett -- Online forums and deliberative storytelling / featuring Francesca Polletta -- Understanding behavior through smartphones / featuring Naomi Sugie -- Wearable technology and visual analysis / featuring Clifton Evers -- Historical data and the spatial analysis of class / featuring Shamus Khan -- About the authors -- About the contributors -- Index

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