1st Edition
Beyond the Checkbox Rethinking Data in Social Science
1: Data, Not Defaults: Escaping the Questionnaire Comfort Zone 2: Ask at Your Own Risk: The Hidden Flaws of Self-Reported Data 3: Boots, Streets, and Data: When Observing Beats Asking 4: The Dusty Goldmine: Finding Data in the Past 5: From Headlines to Hypotheses: Mining Media for Meaningful Data 6: Controlled Chaos: The Science of Creating Your Own Data 7: When the World Randomizes for You: Spotting Natural Experiments 8: Connecting the Dots: Stitching Together Stories from Separate Data 9: Synthesis: After Reading This Book: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Biography
Winai Wongsurawat is Associate Professor at the College of Management, Mahidol University, Thailand. His research and teaching explore the intersections of economics, history, and public policy. He is the author of Economic Development Parables: From Siam to Thailand, part of the Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy series.
