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100	1	0	_aBlaikie, Norman W. H., _d1933-
245	1	0	_aDesigning social research : _bthe logic of anticipation / _cNorman Blaikie.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aCambridge, UK ; _aMalden, MA : _bPolity Press, _c 2009, c2010.
300			_aix, 298 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-286) and index.
505			_aTable of Contents List of Figures and Tables xi Acknowledgements xiii Introduction 1 Purpose of the Book 1 The Audiences 3 Writing the Book 4 Structure of the Book 6 The Nature of Science in the Social Sciences 7 Key Concepts 8 A Manifesto for Social Research 10 1 Preparing Research Designs 12 Introduction 13 Research Designs 15 Research Proposals 27 Conclusion 32 Further Reading 34 2 Designing Social Research 35 Introduction 36 Common Views of Research Design 36 Common Classifications of Research Designs 39 An Alternative View 40 Getting Started 45 Researcher's Stance 50 Further Reading 54 3 Research Questions and Purposes 56 Introduction 57 Research Questions 58 Research Purposes 69 Further Reading 77 4 Strategies for Answering Research Questions 79 Introduction 80 Four Research Strategies 81 Ontological and Epistemological Assumptions 92 Research Paradigms 96 Research Strategies, Questions and Purposes 104 Research Strategies and the Researcher's 106 Stance Choosing a Research Strategy 107 Further Reading 109 5 Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses and Models 110 Introduction 111 The Role of Concepts 111 Concepts and Research Strategies 123 The Role of Theory 124 The Role of Hypotheses 147 The Role of Models 148 Theories, Models and Research Strategies 153 Further Reading 156 6 Sources and Selection of Data 158 Introduction 159 Types of Data 160 Forms of Data 161 Sources of Data 163 Selection of Data 171 Case Studies 186 Further Reading 197 7 Methods for Answering Research Questions: 199 Data Gathering and Analysis Introduction 200 Timing Data Collection 201 Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 204 Differences between Quantitative and 213 Qualitative Methods Generalizing in Qualitative Research 216 Mixed Methods 218 Research Strategies and Methods 227 Further Reading 228 8 Sample Research Designs 230 Introduction 230 Research Design 1 Environmental Worldviews 231 and Behaviour among Students and Residents Research Design 2 Age and Environmentalism: A 240 Test of Competing Hypotheses Research Design 3 Gender Differences in 243 Environmentalism: Towards an Explanation Research Design 4 Motivation for 248 Environmentally Responsible Behaviour: The Case of Environmental Activists Postscript 255 Afterword 257 Appendix: Examples of Reseach Topics, Problems 258 and Questions Notes 262 References 267 Index 287
650			_aSocial sciences _xMethodology.
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