Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Tricks Of The Trade: How To Think About Your Research While You're Doing ItISBN13:9780226041247ISBN10:0226041247Author:Becker, Howard S. (Author)Description:Drawing On More Than Four Decades Of Experience As A Researcher And Teacher, Howard Becker Now Brings To Students And Researchers The Many Valuable Techniques He Has Learned Tricks Of The Trade Will Help Students Learn How To Think About Research Projects Assisted By Becker's Sage Advice, Students Can Make Better Sense Of Their Research And Simultaneously Generate Fresh Ideas On Where To Look Next For New Data The Tricks Cover Four Broad Areas Of Social Science: The Creation Of The Imagery To Guide Research; Methods Of Sampling To Generate Maximum Variety In The Data; The Development Of Concepts To Organize Findings; And The Use Of Logical Methods To Explore Systematically The Implications Of What Is Found Becker's Advice Ranges From Simple Tricks Such As Changing An Interview Question From Why? To How? (As A Way Of Getting People To Talk Without Asking For A Justification) To More Technical Tricks Such As How To Manipulate Truth Tables Becker Has Extracted These Tricks From A Variety Of Fields Such As Art History, Anthropology, Sociology, Literature, And Philosophy; And His Dazzling Variety Of References Ranges From James Agee To Ludwig Wittgenstein Becker Finds The Common Principles That Lie Behind Good Social Science Work, Principles That Apply To Both Quantitative And Qualitative Research He Offers Practical Advice, Ideas Students Can Apply To Their Data With The Confidence That They Will Return With Something They Hadn't Thought Of Before Like Writing For Social Scientists, Tricks Of The Trade Will Bring Aid And Comfort To Generations Of Students Written In The Informal, Accessible Style For Which Becker Is Known, This Book Will Be An Essential Resource For Students In A Wide Variety Of Fields An Instant Classic Becker's Stories And Reflections Make A Great Book, One That Will Find Its Way Into The Hands Of A Great Many Social Scientists, And As With Everything He Writes, It Is Lively And Accessible, A Joy To Read -Charles Ragin, Northwestern University Assisted By Becker's Sage Advice, Students Can Make Better Sense Of Their Research And Simultaneously Generate Fresh Ideas On Where To Look Next For New Data The Tricks Cover Four Broad Areas Of Social Science: The Creation Of Imagery To Guide Research; Methods Of Sampling To Generate Maximum Variety In The Data; The Development Of Concepts To Organize Findings; And The Use Of Logical Methods To Explore Systematically The Implications Of What Is Found 5 Tables Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:UNIV OF CHICAGO PRPublication Date:1998-01-19Weight:0.66 lbsDimensions:0.67'' H x 8.41'' L x 5.47'' WNumber of Pages:239Language:English
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Book Title: Tricks Of The Trade: How To Think About Your Research While ...
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Author: Howard S. Becker
Publication Name: Tricks of the Trade : How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Subject: Methodology, Sociology / General, Research
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Series: Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing Ser.
Publication Year: 1998
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Référence, Social Science
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 239 Pages
