Social research : issues, methods and process / Tim May.
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TextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiv, 258p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780335206124 (pbk.) :
- 9780335206131 (hbk.) :
- 0335206131
- 300.72 MAY
- H62 .M325 2001
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Previous ed.: 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-249) and index.
Part I.Isues in social research -- 1.Perspectives on social scientific research -- 2.Social theory and social research -- 3.Values of ehtics in the research process -- Part II.Methods of social research -- 4.Official statistics: topic and resource -- 5.Social surveys: design to analysis -- 6.Interviewing: methods and process -- 7.Participant observation: perspectives and practice -- 8.Documentary research: excavations and evidence -- 9.Comparative research: potential and problems.
May examines the research process in general and aspects of its practice in particular, in order to bridge the gap between theory and methods. This expanded edition incorporates the latest developments in social research.