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9780226328669: Methods That Matter: Integrating Mixed Methods for More Effective Social Science Research
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ISBN 10: 022632866X ISBN 13: 9780226328669
Editorial: University of Chicago Press, 2016

Sinopsis

To do research that really makes a difference—the authors of this book argue—social scientists need questions and methods that reflect the complexity of the world. Bringing together a consortium of voices across a variety of fields, Methods that Matter offers compelling and successful examples of mixed methods research that do just that. In case after case, the researchers here break out of the traditional methodological silos that have long separated social science disciplines in order to better describe the intricacies of our personal and social worlds.

Historically, the largest division between social science methods has been that between quantitative and qualitative measures. For people trained in psychology or sociology, the bias has been toward the former, using surveys and experiments that yield readily comparable numerical results. For people trained in anthropology, it has been toward the latter, using ethnographic observations and interviews that offer richer nuances of meaning but are difficult to compare across societies. Discussing their own endeavors to combine the quantitative with the qualitative, the authors invite readers into a conversation about the best designs and practices of mixed methodologies to stimulate creative ideas and find new pathways of insight. The result is an engaging exploration of a promising new approach to the social sciences.

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Acerca del autor

M. Cameron Hay is associate professor of anthropology, coordinator of Global Health Studies, and director of the Global Health Research Innovation Center at Miami University, as well as associate research anthropologist in the Center for Culture and Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of Remembering to Live. 

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University of Chicago Press
Año de publicación
2016
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ISBN 10 
022632866X
ISBN 13 
9780226328669
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Número de páginas
458
Editor
Hay M. Cameron
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