Researching Social Life

Conceptualizing Social Life

Geoff Cooper; Research, Theory and Method

Nigel Gilbert; PART ONE: BEGINNINGS; Formulating and Refining a Research Question

Nicola Green; Searching and Reviewing Literature

Mary Ebeling and Julie Lamb; Grounded Theory and Inductive Research

Paul Hodkinson; Participatory Approaches to Social Research

Christina Silver; Mixed Methods

Victoria D Alexander et al; The Ethics of Social Research

Martin Bulmer; PART TWO: INTO THE FIELD; Designing Samples

Patrick Sturgis; Questionnaires

Rosemarie Simmons; Measuring Attitudes

Mike Procter; Focus Groups

Ann Cronin; Qualitative Interviewing

Nigel Fielding and Hilary Thomas; Ethnography

Nigel Fielding; Using Documents

Keith McDonald; The Internet and Research Methods

Christine Hine; PART THREE: BACK HOME; Coding and Managing Data

Jane Fielding; Analyzing Survey Data

Mike Procter; Secondary Analysis of Survey Data

Nick Allum and Sara Arber; Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis (CAQDAS)

Ann Lewins; Narrative Analysis

Sarah Earthy and Ann Cronin; Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis

Robin Wooffitt; Analyzing Visual Materials

Victoria D Alexander; PART FOUR: ENDINGS; Writing about Social Research

Nigel Gilbert