1st Edition
Behind the Scenes in Social Research How Practical and Personal Matters Affect a Project
By Herbert J. Rubin
Copyright 2023
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
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Behind the Scenes in Social Research discusses the informal, adaptive, and real-life process of doing social science research. It complements the material in standard methods texts that describe the basics—how to choose topics and ways of obtaining and analyzing data—but in doing so miss out on many of the obstacles and practicalities of doing research. Researchers may find themselves adrift... Read more
1. Doing Research: Beyond What Is Taught in the Methods Class 2. How Being a Researcher Affects you Personally 3. The Sources for Research Ideas 4. The Evolution and Modification of a Research Design 5. Enhancing Data Gathering Methods: Learning New Techniques and Modifying Standard Approaches 6. Combatting Obstacles: Finding Sites and Individuals and Handling Logistics 7. Other Obstacles Faced in Collecting Data 8. Tricks of the Trade
Biography
Herbert J. Rubin is an urban sociologist, now retired. Most of his career was as a professor and researcher at Northern Illinois University. In addition, he has conducted research at a government agency and consulted on overseas foreign-aid projects. He is the author of Advocacy for Social Change: Coalitions and the Organizations That Lead Them and Renewing Hope within Neighborhoods of Despair: The Community-Based Development Model, and the co-author of Community Organizing and Development and Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data.
