基本説明
It is divided into five main sections that correspond to the broad types of research design and their associated sampling methods. In each of the five sections, quantitative and qualitative data collection is discussed because each of these design types can be used to collect either or both types of data.
Full Description
Insufficient attention to collecting data is often to blame when a research project founders. So how can we avoid, at best, redoing the research and at worst, scrapping the project due to a lack of sufficient data? Data collection is the foundation of high quality research, but it is often given less attention than later steps in a research project, such as coding and analyzing data. The first step in implementing a research design is collecting the data. You first have to take care to gather appropriate types of and amount of data, because making adjustments later in the project can be prohibitive. This major work focuses on this neglected aspect of the research process. It is divided into five main sections that correspond to the broad types of research design and their associated sampling methods. The five categories of research design used to organize the selection are:1. Surveys 2. Interviews3. Experiments4. Observations, including ethnographic5. Archival and public sources of dataIn each of the five sections, quantitative and qualitative data collection is discussed because each of these design types can be used to collect either or both types of data.
Contents
VOLUME 1Section 1: What Counts as Relevant Data?Reconceptualizing Knowledge Accumulation in Sociology - Andrew AbbottThe Elephant in the Living Room: Or extending the conversation about the politics of evidence - Norman DenzinComparative Perspectives and Competing Explanations: Taking on the newly configured reductionist challenge to sociology - Troy DusterNeurological Imaging as Evidence in Political Science - Dustin TingleyHistory of and in Sociology - Charles TillyWhat has Sociology to Contribute to the Study of Inequality Trends? A historical and comparative perspective - Thomas DiPreteThe Imagination and Social Life - Jacqueline AdamsNaturalistic Inquiry and the Saturation Concept - Glenn BowenReplication Standards for Quantitative Social Science - Jeremy FreeseImproving Data Quality: Actors, incentives, and capabilities - Yoshiko Herrera and Devesh Kapur VOLUME 2Section 2: Data Collection in Survey ResearchSection 2a: Survey Sampling for Data CollectionParticipatory Survey Research - Emilio Parrado et alAn Empirical Test of Respondent-Driven Sampling - Cyprain WejnertLongitudinal Research at the Turn of the Century - Vilma Ortiz and Estella Godinez BallonNonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Household Surveys - Robert GrovesSection 2b: Measurement in Survey Data CollectionLimitations of Stranger-Interviewers in Rural Kenya - Alexander Weinreb Measuring Induced Abortion in Mexico: A comparison of four methodologies - Diana Lara et al Meta-Analysis of Randomized Response Research - Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders et alSample Surveys with Sensitive Questions: A nonrandomized response approach - Ming Tan et alSection 3: Interview Methods for Collecting DataSection 3a: Eliciting Useful Responses (Data) in Interview ResearchWhat to do With 'I Don't Know:' Elicitation in ethnographic and survey interviews - Hilary Parsons DickThe Great Interview: 25 strategies for studying people in bed - Joseph HermanowiczCollecting Data from Elites and Ultra Elites: Telephone and face-to-face interviews with macroeconomists - Neil StephensSection 3b: Multiple Formats for Interview Data CollectionEliciting Managers' Personal Values: An adaptation of the laddering interview method - Humphrey Bourne and Mark JenkinsLearning in Focus Groups: An analytical dimension for enhancing focus group research - Victoria Wibeck et alFieldworker or Foreigner? Ethnographic interviewing in nonnative languages - Michaela WinchatzCondom Semiotics: Meaning and condom use in rural Malawi - Iddo Tavory and Ann Swidler Section 3c: Coding Interview DataAnalyzing Interview Data: The development and evolution of a coding system - Cynthia Weston et alIntercoder Reliability for Validating Conclusions Drawn From Open-Ended Interview Data - Karen KurasakiProblematics of Grounded Theory: Innovations for developing an increasingly rigorous qualitative method - Jason Adam Wasserman et alVOLUME 3Section 4: Experiments and Data CollectionSection 4a: Varieties of Experimental Data Gathering'Economic Man' in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies - Joseph Henrich et alThe False Enforcement of Unpopular Norms - Robb Willer et alReasons and Inclusion: The foundation of deliberation - Erik Schneiderhan and Shamus KhanExperimental Ethnography: The marriage of qualitative and quantitative research - Lawrence Sherman and Heather StrangSection 4b: Collecting Data in Survey ExperimentsAn Experimental Comparison of Methods of Measuring Ethnicity - Tom SmithDoes Race Matter n Neighborhood Preferences? Results from a video experiment - Maria Krysan et alInsiders, outsiders, and the editing inconsistent survey data - Mariano Sana and Alexander Weinreb Section 4c: Alternatives to Randomized Control Trials for Gathering DataGrades of evidence: Variability in quality of findings in effectiveness studies of complex field interventions - Madhabi ChatterjiAddressing self-selection bias in quasi-experimental evaluations of whole-school reform - Robert BifulcoEthics, data-dependent designs, and the strategy of clinical trials: time to start learning as we go? - C. R. PalmerObserving the counterfactual? The search for political experiments in nature - Gregory Robinson et alSection 5: Data Collection in Observational ResearchSection 5a: Varieties of Observational Experience People in Paces - Robert ZussmanTowards the Necessity of a New Interactive Approach Integrating Ethnology, Ecology, and Ethology in the Study of the Relationship between Kyrgyz Stockbreeders and Wolves - Nicolas LescureuxStudying the New Media - Howard BeckerSection 5b: Collecting Data Using New MediaA Collective Ethnographer: Fieldwork experience in the Brazilian Northeast - Lygia SigaudFieldnotes in Team Ethnography: Researching complementary schools - Angela Cresse et alEthnographic Approaches to the Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication - Angela Cora Garcia et alQualitative Research on Adolescents Risk Using E-Mail: A methodological assessment - Richard Hessler et alPutting Social Context into Text: The semiotics of e-mail interaction - Daniel Menchik and Xiaoli TianSection 5c: Participant Observation for Collecting DataParticipant Observation in the Era of 'Ethnography' - Herbert Gans Observer Behavior as a Source of Reactivity: Describing and quantifying observer effects in a large-scale observational study of police - Richard SpanoL'Intervention Sociologique after 25 Years: Can it translate into English? - Kevin McDonaldBias as a Research Strategy in Participant Observation: The case of intergroup conflict - John Drury and Clifford StottVOLUME 4Section 6: Collecting Data from Archival SourcesSection 6a: How to Evaluate Documents When Collecting DataThe File Drawer Problem in Reliability Generalization - Ryan Howell and Alan ShieldsRepositioning Documents in Social Research - Lindsay PriorSection 6b: Data Collection with Computerized Content AnalysisLexical Cohesion Analysis of Political Speech - Beata Beigman Klebanov et alOn the State of Economic Content in Sociology - Richard Anderson-ConnollySection 6c: Archival Sources for History of the Social SciencesThe Ethnographic Turn: Fact, fashion, or fiction? - Rebecca Culyba et alSection 6d: Collecting Data Using Public MediaFinding Collective Events: Sources, searches, timing - Gregory Maney and Pamela OliverCharacteristics of Medical Research News Reported on Front Pages of Newspapers - William Yuk Yeu Lai and Trevor Lane'Entering the Blogosphere': Some strategies for using blogs in social research - Nicholas HookwaySection 6e: Obtaining Data from Public Statistical ArchivesThe Official Statistics Olympic Challenge: Wider, deeper, quicker, better, cheaper - D. Tim HoltAmerica is Changing, and So is the Census: The American community survey - Nancy TorrieriTracking Official Development Assistance for Reproductive Health in Conflict-Affected Countries - Preeti Patel et alSection 7: Collecting Data EthicallySection 7a: General Overviews of Research EthicsA Historical Interpretation of Deceptive Experiments in American Psychology - C.D. HerreraEthics and the Broader Rethinking/Reconceptualization of Research as a Construct - Yvonna Lincoln and Gaile CannellaSection 7b: Governance and Ethics Review BoardsEthics Creep: Governing social science research in the name of ethics - Kevin HaggertyResearch Ethics Review and the Sociological Research Relationship - Adam HedgecoeSection 7c: Ethics while Gathering Data with a Variety of DesignsThe Art and Politics of Covert Research: Doing 'situated ethics' in the field - David CalveyThe Ethical Challenges of Field Research in Conflict Zones - Elisabeth Jean WoodThe Politics of Names: Rethinking the methodological and ethical significance of naming people, organizations, and places - Katja GuentheAfter the Interview - Carol Warren et alEthics in Qualitative Research and Evaluation - Ian ShawRandom Assignment and Informed Consent: A case study of multiple perspectives - Robert Walker et al
