Salsa dancing into the social sciences : research in an age of info-glut / Kristin Luker.

By:

Luker, Kristin [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (vi, 323 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674040380
0674040384

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Salsa dancing into the social sciences.DDC classification:

300.72 22

LOC classification:

H62 .L7995 2008eb

Other classification:

LB 33000

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Contents:

Salsa dancing? In the social sciences? -- What's it all about? -- An ode to canonical social science -- What is this a case of, anyway? -- Reviewing the literature -- On sampling, operationalization, and generalization -- Getting down to the nitty-gritty -- Field (and other) methods -- Historical-comparative methods -- Data reduction and analysis -- Living your life as a salsa-dancing social scientist.

Summary: "This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science."--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-310) and index.

"This book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science."--Provided by publisher.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 23, 2019).

English.

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