Introduction to social research : quantitative and qualitative approaches / Keith F. Punch.

Contents;

1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Some simplifying devices
1.3 Research methods training
etc.

2. Some central issues
2.1 Description versus explanation
2.2 Question-method connections
2.3 Prespecified versus unfolding: Structure in research questions, design and data
etc.

3. Research questions
3.1 General and specific research questions
3.2 Developing research questions
3.3 The role of research questions
etc.

4. From research questions to data
4.1 The empirical criterion
4.2 Linking concepts and data
4.3 Good and bad research questions
etc.

5. Quantitative research design
5.1 What is research design?
5.2 Some background
5.3 Independent, dependent and control variables
etc.

6. Collecting quantitative data
6.1 Types of variables
6.2 The process of measurement
6.3 Latent traits
etc.

7. The analysis of quantitative data
7.1 Summarizing quantitative data
7.2 Relationships between variables: Cross-tabulations and contingency
7.3 Comparisons between groups: the analysis of variance
etc.

8. Design in quantitative research
8.1 Overview
8.2 Design in qualitative research
8.3 Case studies
etc.

9. Collecting qualitative data
9.1 The interview
9.2 Observation
9.3 Participant observation
etc.

10. The analysis of qualitative data
10.1 Diversity in qualitative analysis
10.2 Analytic induction
10.3 The miles and Huberman framework for qualitative data analysis
etc.

11. Mixed methods and evaluative criteria
11.1 Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches
11.2 General evaluative criteria
11.3 Review concepts

12. Research writing
12.1 Background
12.2 Research documents
12.3 Writing to report versus writing to learn: Writing as analysis
etc.

Bibliographical references : p. [296]-308 . _ Index : p. 309-320.