Sage Research Methods Foundations

Number Of Volumes: 10
Paul Atkinson - Cardiff University, UK
Sara Delamont - Cardiff University, UK
Alexandru Cernat - University of Manchester, UK
Joe Sakshaug - University of Munich & Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany
Richard A. Williams - University of Notre Dame, USA
Sage Research Methods Foundations
April 2021 | 5568 pages | Sage UK
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SAGE Research Methods Foundations is a major benchmark work and a significant addition to SAGE’s research methods programme. This ambitious resource brings together, in one place, authoritative essays and entries with comprehensive coverage of methods and methodologies across the social sciences. It provides a reference resource for all levels, from undergraduates learning the concepts of research, to postgraduate students honing their skills and scholars and practitioners exploring cutting-edge developments and specialist techniques.  Comprising 10 volumes, it aims to be the largest and most comprehensive research methods resource of its kind.

 

The topics  map diverse methodological approaches, research settings and major debates, definitions, applications, techniques, biographies and events. Students and experienced researchers alike will be able to explore and engage at the level that is right for them. This will be the go-to research methods resource for educating and training new generations of students and scholars.

Contents

Autoethnography

Autoethnography

Conversation Analysis

Conversation Analysis

Auto-Biography

Auto-Biography

Computer-Assisted Text Analysis

Computer-Assisted Text Analysis

Ethnographic Film

Ethnographic Film

Ethics of Qualitative Research

Ethics of Qualitative Research

Life-History Methods

Life-History Methods

Qualitative GIS and Spatial Research

Qualitative GIS and Spatial Research

Oral History Methods

Oral History Methods

Diaries

Diaries

Ethnographic Interviewing

Ethnographic Interviewing

Documentary Analysis

Documentary Analysis

Documents of Life

Documents of Life

Computer Aided Qualitative Analysis Software

Computer Aided Qualitative Analysis Software

Narrative Inquiry

Narrative Inquiry

Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Visual Ethnography

Visual Ethnography

Grounded Theory & Situational Analysis

Grounded Theory & Situational Analysis

Ethnography in Online Environments

Ethnography in Online Environments

Arts-Based Research

Arts-Based Research

Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research

Ethnomethodological Analysis

Ethnomethodological Analysis

Ethnodrama & Ethnofiction

Ethnodrama & Ethnofiction

Critical Ethnography

Critical Ethnography

Folklore and Oral Cultures

Folklore and Oral Cultures

Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology

Ethnostatistics

Ethnostatistics

Discursive Psychology

Discursive Psychology

Group Interviews

Group Interviews

Dance and Movement

Dance and Movement

Storytelling

Storytelling

Blumer, Herbert

Blumer, Herbert

Schutz, Alfred

Schutz, Alfred

Dégh, Linda

Dégh, Linda

Boas, Franz

Boas, Franz

Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann

Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann

Qualitative Communication Research

Qualitative Communication Research

Barthes, Roland

Barthes, Roland

Multimodal Analysis

Multimodal Analysis

Chapin, F. Stuart

Chapin, F. Stuart

Sheffield, Ada Elliott

Sheffield, Ada Elliott

Qualitative Meta-Analysis

Qualitative Meta-Analysis

Levy-Bruhl

Levy-Bruhl

Theoretical Sampling

Theoretical Sampling

Indigenous Methods

Indigenous Methods

Labov, William

Labov, William

Active interview

Active interview

Collage-making

Collage-making

Experimental Qualitative Methods

Experimental Qualitative Methods

Praxiography

Praxiography

Transcription

Transcription

Member categorisation analysis

Member categorisation analysis

Smartphone Apps

Smartphone Apps

Explanation

Explanation

Structuralism

Structuralism

Sentiment analysis

Sentiment analysis

Skype interviewing

Skype interviewing

Delphi Groups

Delphi Groups

Covert research

Covert research

Berry, Brian

Berry, Brian

I-Poems

I-Poems

Falsification

Falsification

Leaving the field

Leaving the field

Ethnoscience

Ethnoscience

Induction

Induction

Harvey, David

Harvey, David

Other worlds

Other worlds

Unique Adequacy

Unique Adequacy

Collaborative Ethnography

Collaborative Ethnography

Haraway, Donna

Haraway, Donna

Ethics in research on Social Media

Ethics in research on Social Media

Q Methodology

Q Methodology

Bricolage as Method

Bricolage as Method

Bricolage

Bricolage

Wright Mills, Charles

Wright Mills, Charles

Drawing

Drawing

Five Level QDA

Five Level QDA

Vignettes

Vignettes

Powdermaker, Hortense

Powdermaker, Hortense

Institutional Ethnography

Institutional Ethnography

Avatars

Avatars

Garfinkel, Harold

Garfinkel, Harold

Dundes, Alan

Dundes, Alan

Heritage

Heritage

Riesman, David

Riesman, David

First days in the field

First days in the field

New Materialism

New Materialism

Causality

Causality

Qualitative Content Analysis

Qualitative Content Analysis

Imitation game

Imitation game

Presser, Stanley

Presser, Stanley

Schuman, Howard

Schuman, Howard

Prosopography

Prosopography

Causal analysis with panel data

Causal analysis with panel data

Moreno, J.L.

Moreno, J.L.

Strauss, Anselm

Strauss, Anselm

Focus Groups

Focus Groups

Meta-Ethnography

Meta-Ethnography

Bourdieu, Pierre

Bourdieu, Pierre

Hymes, Dell

Hymes, Dell

Regression, Spline

Regression, Spline

Sensory Ethnography

Sensory Ethnography

Psychometric methods

Psychometric methods

Agent based models

Agent based models

Expert systems

Expert systems

Critical Realism

Critical Realism

Kuhn, Thomas

Kuhn, Thomas

Smith, Dorothy

Smith, Dorothy

Douglas, Jack

Douglas, Jack

Peer Interviewers

Peer Interviewers

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Social Constructivism

Social Constructivism

Secondary analysis

Secondary analysis

Agency

Agency

Vulnerable informants

Vulnerable informants

Cicourel, Aaron

Cicourel, Aaron

Affect and vulnerability in Judith Butler’s work

Affect and vulnerability in Judith Butler’s work

Rhythm analysis

Rhythm analysis

Haggett, Peter

Haggett, Peter

Narrative Analysis

Narrative Analysis

Barad, Karen

Barad, Karen

Foucault, Michel

Foucault, Michel

Case Based Methods

Case Based Methods

Ragin, Charles

Ragin, Charles

Ethnopoetics

Ethnopoetics

Everyday Life

Everyday Life

Jefferson, Gail

Jefferson, Gail

Elster, J

Elster, J

Queer Theory

Queer Theory

Sensitising concepts

Sensitising concepts

Social Simulation

Social Simulation

Latent growth curve modelling

Latent growth curve modelling

Denzin, Norman

Denzin, Norman

Optimal Matching Analysis

Optimal Matching Analysis

Performance Ethnography

Performance Ethnography

Videography

Videography

Time series analysis

Time series analysis

Actor Network Theory

Actor Network Theory

Discourse Research

Discourse Research

Bhaskar, Roy

Bhaskar, Roy

Humour

Humour

Soundscapes

Soundscapes

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Archiving Qualitative Data

Archiving Qualitative Data

Idioculture

Idioculture

Abduction

Abduction

Evaluation methods

Evaluation methods

Heise, David

Heise, David

Becker, Howard

Becker, Howard

Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory

PCP Methods

PCP Methods

Repertory grid

Repertory grid

Panel data analysis

Panel data analysis

Fuzzy Set Theory

Fuzzy Set Theory

Item Response Theory

Item Response Theory

Idealism

Idealism

Cluster analysis

Cluster analysis

Sequence Analysis

Sequence Analysis

Debord, Guy

Debord, Guy

Malinowski, Bronislaw

Malinowski, Bronislaw

Online games for S.R.

Online games for S.R.

Pop Music

Pop Music

Ethnography in Martial Arts

Ethnography in Martial Arts

Spatial regression models

Spatial regression models

Lundberg, George

Lundberg, George

Emotions in fieldwork

Emotions in fieldwork

Goffman, Erving

Goffman, Erving

Qualitative Research Design

Qualitative Research Design

Cliometrics

Cliometrics

Fleck, Ludwik

Fleck, Ludwik

Empiricism

Empiricism

Goodwin, Charles

Goodwin, Charles

Respondent Generated Image Production

Respondent Generated Image Production

Cazden, Courtney

Cazden, Courtney

Jephcott, Pearl

Jephcott, Pearl

Action Research

Action Research

Rubin, Don

Rubin, Don

Extended Case Method

Extended Case Method

Thick description

Thick description

Flaneur

Flaneur

Martineau, Harriet

Martineau, Harriet

Winch, Peter

Winch, Peter

Rose, Edward

Rose, Edward

Geddes, Patrick

Geddes, Patrick

Objectivity (and Subjectivity)

Objectivity (and Subjectivity)

Foodways

Foodways

Researching Landscapes

Researching Landscapes

Gell, Alfred

Gell, Alfred

Translation in Qualitative Methods

Translation in Qualitative Methods

Pragmatism

Pragmatism

Propp, Vladimir

Propp, Vladimir

Post-colonialism

Post-colonialism

Saturation in Qualitative Research

Saturation in Qualitative Research

Embodied research

Embodied research

Subjectivity

Subjectivity

Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing

Interaction effects

Interaction effects

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Case Studies

Case Studies

Qualitative Interview with Individuals with Hearing Impairments

Qualitative Interview with Individuals with Hearing Impairments

Goodchild, Michael

Goodchild, Michael

Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics

Nominal Scale Agreement

Nominal Scale Agreement

Blog analysis

Blog analysis

Elias, Norbert: Figurational Research and Process-orientated Methodology

Elias, Norbert: Figurational Research and Process-orientated Methodology

Schutze, Fritz

Schutze, Fritz

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Goldthorpe, John

Goldthorpe, John

Happiness

Happiness

Fine, Gary Alan

Fine, Gary Alan

Affect

Affect

Logit and probit binary and multinomial choice models

Logit and probit binary and multinomial choice models

Propensity score analysis

Propensity score analysis

Massey, Doreen

Massey, Doreen

Institutional Ethnography in Geography

Institutional Ethnography in Geography

Sacks, Harvey

Sacks, Harvey

Gadamer, Hans-Georg

Gadamer, Hans-Georg

Research Assistants in Ethnography

Research Assistants in Ethnography

Verstehen

Verstehen

Laws

Laws

Deliberative methods

Deliberative methods

Qualitative Research in Social Work

Qualitative Research in Social Work

Ellis, Carolyn

Ellis, Carolyn

Reflexivity

Reflexivity

Post Humanism

Post Humanism

Problem-Centred Interview

Problem-Centred Interview

Kotz, Samuel

Kotz, Samuel

Listening

Listening

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Johnson, Norman

Johnson, Norman

Hughes, Everett

Hughes, Everett

Laboratory Ethnography

Laboratory Ethnography

Interviewing Children

Interviewing Children

Analysing Multi-Media interactions on Social Media

Analysing Multi-Media interactions on Social Media

Analysis of Rare Events

Analysis of Rare Events

Access

Access

Hierarchical Linear Models for Discontinuous Change

Hierarchical Linear Models for Discontinuous Change

Quantitative narrative analysis

Quantitative narrative analysis

Qualitative Research and Religious Studies

Qualitative Research and Religious Studies

Generalized linear models

Generalized linear models

Membership Roles in Fieldwork

Membership Roles in Fieldwork

Mobile Methods

Mobile Methods

Heteronormativity

Heteronormativity

Clifford & Marcus

Clifford & Marcus

Factor analysis

Factor analysis

Controversy Studies in STS

Controversy Studies in STS

Patronage and Clientalism

Patronage and Clientalism

Performativity

Performativity

Computational modelling

Computational modelling

Principal components analysis

Principal components analysis

Comparative Case Studies

Comparative Case Studies

Web Surveys

Web Surveys

Individualism (Holism)

Individualism (Holism)

White, Harrison

White, Harrison

Boundary Work

Boundary Work

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies

Testimonio

Testimonio

Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping

Stoller, Paul

Stoller, Paul

Bahktin, Mikhail

Bahktin, Mikhail

Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism

Interactionism

Interactionism

Collins, Patricia Hill

Collins, Patricia Hill

Material Culture Analysis

Material Culture Analysis

Social Capital

Social Capital

Coleman, James

Coleman, James

Hauser, Robert

Hauser, Robert

Mobile Methods

Mobile Methods

Factorial survey

Factorial survey

Newton, Esther

Newton, Esther

GINI coefficient

GINI coefficient

Contemporary legend

Contemporary legend

Ostension

Ostension

Mauss, Marcel

Mauss, Marcel

Confidence intervals

Confidence intervals

Exploratory data analysis

Exploratory data analysis

Type 1 and 2 errors

Type 1 and 2 errors

Moral Panics

Moral Panics

Integrative Analysis for Mixed Methods Research

Integrative Analysis for Mixed Methods Research

Spatial statistics and geostatistics

Spatial statistics and geostatistics

Botkin, Benjamin

Botkin, Benjamin

Abbott, Andrew

Abbott, Andrew

Merton, Robert

Merton, Robert

Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital

Science and Technology Studies: The Strong Programme

Science and Technology Studies: The Strong Programme

Popper, Karl

Popper, Karl

Feminist Post-Humanism

Feminist Post-Humanism

Lazarsfeld, Paul

Lazarsfeld, Paul

Positivism

Positivism

McDowell, Linda

McDowell, Linda

Systematic Review

Systematic Review

Discourse Analysis: The Sociology of Knowledge Approach

Discourse Analysis: The Sociology of Knowledge Approach

Social Epistemology

Social Epistemology

Ignorance

Ignorance

Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice

Glassie, Henry

Glassie, Henry

Naturalism

Naturalism

Campbell, Donald

Campbell, Donald

Feminist New Materialisms

Feminist New Materialisms

Experimental design

Experimental design

Paradata

Paradata

Big Data in Marketing Research and Analysis

Big Data in Marketing Research and Analysis

Systematic Observation Methods

Systematic Observation Methods

Missing data

Missing data

Booth, Charles

Booth, Charles

Timelining

Timelining

Indexcality

Indexcality

Latour, Bruno

Latour, Bruno

Visual Impairment

Visual Impairment

Bayesian inference

Bayesian inference

Randomised controlled trials

Randomised controlled trials

Kunio, Yanagita

Kunio, Yanagita

Analysis of Proportions

Analysis of Proportions

Hegemonic Masculinity

Hegemonic Masculinity

Multi-Species Research

Multi-Species Research

Visual Elicitation in Interviews

Visual Elicitation in Interviews

Blalock, Hubert

Blalock, Hubert

Fogel, Robert

Fogel, Robert

North, Douglass

North, Douglass

Longitudinal Qualitative Research

Longitudinal Qualitative Research

Qualitative Interviews with people with an intellectual disability

Qualitative Interviews with people with an intellectual disability

Multilevel Modeling of Non-Normal Data

Multilevel Modeling of Non-Normal Data

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Data cleaning

Data cleaning

Star, Susan Leigh

Star, Susan Leigh

Memory

Memory

Comics in Qualitative Research

Comics in Qualitative Research

Timescapes

Timescapes

Objectivity

Objectivity

ATI/FOI requests as social science data

ATI/FOI requests as social science data

Email diaries

Email diaries

Ontology

Ontology

Qualitative Media Analysis

Qualitative Media Analysis

Conquergood, Dwight

Conquergood, Dwight

Silence in Qualitative Interviewing

Silence in Qualitative Interviewing

Storytelling in Social Work

Storytelling in Social Work

Asynchronous Online Communication for Qualitative Research

Asynchronous Online Communication for Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research in Refugee Studies

Qualitative Research in Refugee Studies

Post-Racialism

Post-Racialism

Text Mining

Text Mining

Gatekeepers in Qualitative Research

Gatekeepers in Qualitative Research

Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data

Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data

Transnationalism

Transnationalism

Qualitative Insider Research

Qualitative Insider Research

Rapport with informants or over-rapport

Rapport with informants or over-rapport

Epistemics

Epistemics

Thematic Analysis

Thematic Analysis

ontology in STS

ontology in STS

Draw and Write Techniques

Draw and Write Techniques

Indigenous performing arts research

Indigenous performing arts research

Data Linkage

Data Linkage

Interviewing Elites

Interviewing Elites

Analysing Social Media Data

Analysing Social Media Data

Snowball sampling

Snowball sampling

Institutional Ethnography in Education

Institutional Ethnography in Education

Kelley, Florence

Kelley, Florence

Gatekeepers in Ethnography

Gatekeepers in Ethnography

Ethnography in Prisons

Ethnography in Prisons

Weighting

Weighting

Qualitative Research Methods for Human Resources Management

Qualitative Research Methods for Human Resources Management

Qual research with people with a diagnosis of dementia

Qual research with people with a diagnosis of dementia

Orientalism and Methodology

Orientalism and Methodology

Organisational Ethnography

Organisational Ethnography

Non response in Surveys

Non response in Surveys

Epistemic Cultures

Epistemic Cultures

Vogt, Paul

Vogt, Paul

Cognitive modelling

Cognitive modelling

Oakley, Ann

Oakley, Ann

Meta-analysis and synthesis

Meta-analysis and synthesis

Qualitative Interviewing of Elites

Qualitative Interviewing of Elites

Measuring attitudes

Measuring attitudes

Triangulation

Triangulation

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

Causal Analysis and Causal Inference

Causal Analysis and Causal Inference

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Ethnography in Human Geography

Ethnography in Human Geography

Illness Narratives

Illness Narratives

Studying Place

Studying Place

Dangerous fieldwork

Dangerous fieldwork

Social networks analysis

Social networks analysis

Mobile and sensor data collection

Mobile and sensor data collection

Single and mixed mode survey data collection

Single and mixed mode survey data collection

Multi-sited Ethnography

Multi-sited Ethnography

Collecting illness narratives

Collecting illness narratives

Latent class analysis

Latent class analysis

Gamification in Web surveys

Gamification in Web surveys

Housing Figuration

Housing Figuration

Pearson, Karl

Pearson, Karl

Designing grid questions in Web surveys

Designing grid questions in Web surveys

Discriminant analysis

Discriminant analysis

Interviewing Legal Elites

Interviewing Legal Elites

Scroll Back Method

Scroll Back Method

Post-positivism

Post-positivism

Gilligan, Carol

Gilligan, Carol

Webb, Beatrice

Webb, Beatrice

Feminist Methods

Feminist Methods

Ordinal Regression Models

Ordinal Regression Models

Canonical correlation

Canonical correlation

Social Mechanisms and the micro-macro link

Social Mechanisms and the micro-macro link

Bondi, Liz

Bondi, Liz

Transparency in Qualitative Research

Transparency in Qualitative Research

Brown, Karen McCarthy

Brown, Karen McCarthy

Informed consent of Children

Informed consent of Children

Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Organisational Research

Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Organisational Research

Qualitative Research Criminology

Qualitative Research Criminology

Latent transition analysis

Latent transition analysis

Exponential random graph modelling

Exponential random graph modelling

De Vault, Marjorie

De Vault, Marjorie

Structural equation modelling

Structural equation modelling

Respondent Driven Sampling

Respondent Driven Sampling

Comparative analysis with Boolean algebra

Comparative analysis with Boolean algebra

Qualitatve interviewing with the Elderly

Qualitatve interviewing with the Elderly

Quantitative content analysis

Quantitative content analysis

Recruiting Participants through Facebook

Recruiting Participants through Facebook

Correspondence analysis

Correspondence analysis

Panel conditioning

Panel conditioning

Duncan, Otis Dudley

Duncan, Otis Dudley

Multilevel Models for Continuous Responses

Multilevel Models for Continuous Responses

Dynamic Panel Data Models

Dynamic Panel Data Models

Luckmann, Benita

Luckmann, Benita

Event history and survival analysis

Event history and survival analysis

Confirmatory factor analysis

Confirmatory factor analysis

Planning and Conducting Experiments

Planning and Conducting Experiments

Multiple imputation approach to missing data

Multiple imputation approach to missing data

Machine Learning

Machine Learning

Linguistic Relativity

Linguistic Relativity

Whorf, Benjamin

Whorf, Benjamin

Analysing Administrative data

Analysing Administrative data

Regression Analysis

Regression Analysis

Regression, diagnostics

Regression, diagnostics

Causality in Qualitative Research

Causality in Qualitative Research

Humour and Jokes

Humour and Jokes

Belonging

Belonging

Sampling, Probabilistic and Statistical

Sampling, Probabilistic and Statistical

Cartwright, Nancy

Cartwright, Nancy

Neural networks

Neural networks

Count Models

Count Models

Maximum likelihood estimation

Maximum likelihood estimation

Multiple and generalized nonparametric regression

Multiple and generalized nonparametric regression

Parametric and nonparametric statistics

Parametric and nonparametric statistics

Suchman, Lucy

Suchman, Lucy

Decision Theory

Decision Theory

Gellner, David

Gellner, David

Digital Story Telling

Digital Story Telling

Taft, Jessie

Taft, Jessie

Longino, Helen

Longino, Helen

Harding, Sandra

Harding, Sandra

Hurston, Zora Neale

Hurston, Zora Neale

Informed Consent from Adults

Informed Consent from Adults

McLean, Annie Marion

McLean, Annie Marion

Fisher, Ronald Aylmer

Fisher, Ronald Aylmer

Open Ended vs Closed Ended Questions

Open Ended vs Closed Ended Questions

Online citizen research

Online citizen research

Thomas, Dorothy

Thomas, Dorothy

Geertz, Clifford

Geertz, Clifford

Decolonizing Research Methods

Decolonizing Research Methods

Critical Appraisal

Critical Appraisal

Emplacement

Emplacement

Futuring and Trendwatching

Futuring and Trendwatching

Undertaking transparent and reproducible data analysis

Undertaking transparent and reproducible data analysis

Monte Carlo simulation

Monte Carlo simulation

Bias

Bias

Small area estimation

Small area estimation

Spivak, Gayatri

Spivak, Gayatri

Causality

Causality

Epistemology

Epistemology

GIS and Geovisual Analysis, Quantitative

GIS and Geovisual Analysis, Quantitative

Adaptive and responsive survey designs

Adaptive and responsive survey designs

Age-period-cohort analysis

Age-period-cohort analysis

Repeated cross-sections

Repeated cross-sections

Paradata in Survey Research

Paradata in Survey Research

Satisficing and Measurement Error

Satisficing and Measurement Error

Interviewer effects

Interviewer effects

Regression Dscontinuity

Regression Dscontinuity

Item count technique

Item count technique

Social desirability and sensitive questions

Social desirability and sensitive questions

Znaniecki, Florian

Znaniecki, Florian

Sayers, Andrew

Sayers, Andrew

Equivalence testing

Equivalence testing

Chi-square test

Chi-square test

Correlation

Correlation

survey question pretesting

survey question pretesting

Continuation ratio/ stage models

Continuation ratio/ stage models

Loseke, Donileen

Loseke, Donileen

Addams, Jane

Addams, Jane

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

Significance testing & controversies

Significance testing & controversies

Practice Research

Practice Research

Dropout

Dropout

Nonprobability Sampling

Nonprobability Sampling

Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics

Mixed methods research

Mixed methods research

Tools for interpreting machine learning models

Tools for interpreting machine learning models

Ecological Fallacy

Ecological Fallacy

Central limit theory

Central limit theory

Cronbach's Alpha

Cronbach's Alpha

Marginal Effects

Marginal Effects

Power analysis

Power analysis

Clearing Houses

Clearing Houses

Variance estimation

Variance estimation

Intercoder (or interrater) reliability

Intercoder (or interrater) reliability

Feminist Methods, Quantitative

Feminist Methods, Quantitative

Official statstics

Official statstics

Privacy and confidentiality of data

Privacy and confidentiality of data

Interpretivism

Interpretivism

experiential surveys

experiential surveys

Seam effect

Seam effect

Arendt, Hannah

Arendt, Hannah

Heterogeneous choice models

Heterogeneous choice models

Hedges, Larry

Hedges, Larry

Authenticity

Authenticity

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

Measuremnet Scales

Measuremnet Scales

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt

Web scraping

Web scraping

Borgatta, Ed

Borgatta, Ed

Case control studies

Case control studies

Clogg, Clifford

Clogg, Clifford

Total Survey Error

Total Survey Error

Goodness of fit

Goodness of fit

Verran, Helen

Verran, Helen

Labelling Theory

Labelling Theory

Seemingly Unrelated Regression

Seemingly Unrelated Regression

Model-based inference

Model-based inference

Effect size

Effect size

Data transformation

Data transformation

Telling Stories with Data

Telling Stories with Data

Regression, quantile

Regression, quantile

Rank Ordered Logit Models

Rank Ordered Logit Models

Sensitivity analysis

Sensitivity analysis

Space

Space

Narrated Communication

Narrated Communication

Rigour

Rigour

Time and Social Processes

Time and Social Processes

Unobtrusive measures

Unobtrusive measures

Visualisation Techniques

Visualisation Techniques

Mathematics and Statistics in Social Research

Mathematics and Statistics in Social Research

cross cultural surveys (3mc surveys)

cross cultural surveys (3mc surveys)

Econometrics

Econometrics

Conditional Logit Model

Conditional Logit Model

Telephone interviews

Telephone interviews

Big data

Big data

Forecasting

Forecasting

Memorialisation

Memorialisation

Social Media Analysis

Social Media Analysis

Gallup, George Horace

Gallup, George Horace

Lieberson, Stanley

Lieberson, Stanley

Wright, Benjamin D

Wright, Benjamin D

Longitudinal Studies

Longitudinal Studies

Bayes, Thomas

Bayes, Thomas

Classical test theory

Classical test theory

Acyclic graphs

Acyclic graphs

Evaluation, Qualitative

Evaluation, Qualitative

Geometric Data Analysis: Advanced Issues and Current Developments

Geometric Data Analysis: Advanced Issues and Current Developments

T Test

T Test

Goodman, Leo

Goodman, Leo

Hauser, Philip

Hauser, Philip

Mol, Annemarie

Mol, Annemarie

Raftery, Adrian

Raftery, Adrian

Functionalism

Functionalism

Attrition

Attrition

Generalisation

Generalisation

Unit of Analysis

Unit of Analysis

Complexity

Complexity

Big Data in Qualitaive research

Big Data in Qualitaive research

Standard error

Standard error

Keyfitz, Nathan

Keyfitz, Nathan

Matrix Algebra

Matrix Algebra

Randomisation

Randomisation

Maximum Likelihood Approach to Dynamic Panel Data Modeling

Maximum Likelihood Approach to Dynamic Panel Data Modeling

Anova and Ancova

Anova and Ancova

Quasi-experimental design

Quasi-experimental design

Heckman, James

Heckman, James

Pearl, Judea

Pearl, Judea

Simulation Studies

Simulation Studies

Yule, Udny

Yule, Udny

Operationalism

Operationalism

Bonferroni, Carlo Emilio

Bonferroni, Carlo Emilio

Kempthorne, Oscar

Kempthorne, Oscar

Lasso and Post-lasso inference

Lasso and Post-lasso inference

Efron, Bradley

Efron, Bradley

Ordinal Independent Variables

Ordinal Independent Variables

Description

SAGE Research Methods Foundations is a major benchmark work and a significant addition to SAGE’s research methods programme. This ambitious resource brings together, in one place, authoritative essays and entries with comprehensive coverage of methods and methodologies across the social sciences. It provides a reference resource for all levels, from undergraduates learning the concepts of research, to postgraduate students honing their skills and scholars and practitioners exploring cutting-edge developments and specialist techniques.  Comprising 10 volumes, it aims to be the largest and most comprehensive research methods resource of its kind.

 

The topics  map diverse methodological approaches, research settings and major debates, definitions, applications, techniques, biographies and events. Students and experienced researchers alike will be able to explore and engage at the level that is right for them. This will be the go-to research methods resource for educating and training new generations of students and scholars.

Contents

Autoethnography

Autoethnography

Conversation Analysis

Conversation Analysis

Auto-Biography

Auto-Biography

Computer-Assisted Text Analysis

Computer-Assisted Text Analysis

Ethnographic Film

Ethnographic Film

Ethics of Qualitative Research

Ethics of Qualitative Research

Life-History Methods

Life-History Methods

Qualitative GIS and Spatial Research

Qualitative GIS and Spatial Research

Oral History Methods

Oral History Methods

Diaries

Diaries

Ethnographic Interviewing

Ethnographic Interviewing

Documentary Analysis

Documentary Analysis

Documents of Life

Documents of Life

Computer Aided Qualitative Analysis Software

Computer Aided Qualitative Analysis Software

Narrative Inquiry

Narrative Inquiry

Critical Discourse Analysis

Critical Discourse Analysis

Visual Ethnography

Visual Ethnography

Grounded Theory & Situational Analysis

Grounded Theory & Situational Analysis

Ethnography in Online Environments

Ethnography in Online Environments

Arts-Based Research

Arts-Based Research

Participatory Action Research

Participatory Action Research

Ethnomethodological Analysis

Ethnomethodological Analysis

Ethnodrama & Ethnofiction

Ethnodrama & Ethnofiction

Critical Ethnography

Critical Ethnography

Folklore and Oral Cultures

Folklore and Oral Cultures

Ethnomusicology

Ethnomusicology

Ethnostatistics

Ethnostatistics

Discursive Psychology

Discursive Psychology

Group Interviews

Group Interviews

Dance and Movement

Dance and Movement

Storytelling

Storytelling

Blumer, Herbert

Blumer, Herbert

Schutz, Alfred

Schutz, Alfred

Dégh, Linda

Dégh, Linda

Boas, Franz

Boas, Franz

Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann

Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann

Qualitative Communication Research

Qualitative Communication Research

Barthes, Roland

Barthes, Roland

Multimodal Analysis

Multimodal Analysis

Chapin, F. Stuart

Chapin, F. Stuart

Sheffield, Ada Elliott

Sheffield, Ada Elliott

Qualitative Meta-Analysis

Qualitative Meta-Analysis

Levy-Bruhl

Levy-Bruhl

Theoretical Sampling

Theoretical Sampling

Indigenous Methods

Indigenous Methods

Labov, William

Labov, William

Active interview

Active interview

Collage-making

Collage-making

Experimental Qualitative Methods

Experimental Qualitative Methods

Praxiography

Praxiography

Transcription

Transcription

Member categorisation analysis

Member categorisation analysis

Smartphone Apps

Smartphone Apps

Explanation

Explanation

Structuralism

Structuralism

Sentiment analysis

Sentiment analysis

Skype interviewing

Skype interviewing

Delphi Groups

Delphi Groups

Covert research

Covert research

Berry, Brian

Berry, Brian

I-Poems

I-Poems

Falsification

Falsification

Leaving the field

Leaving the field

Ethnoscience

Ethnoscience

Induction

Induction

Harvey, David

Harvey, David

Other worlds

Other worlds

Unique Adequacy

Unique Adequacy

Collaborative Ethnography

Collaborative Ethnography

Haraway, Donna

Haraway, Donna

Ethics in research on Social Media

Ethics in research on Social Media

Q Methodology

Q Methodology

Bricolage as Method

Bricolage as Method

Bricolage

Bricolage

Wright Mills, Charles

Wright Mills, Charles

Drawing

Drawing

Five Level QDA

Five Level QDA

Vignettes

Vignettes

Powdermaker, Hortense

Powdermaker, Hortense

Institutional Ethnography

Institutional Ethnography

Avatars

Avatars

Garfinkel, Harold

Garfinkel, Harold

Dundes, Alan

Dundes, Alan

Heritage

Heritage

Riesman, David

Riesman, David

First days in the field

First days in the field

New Materialism

New Materialism

Causality

Causality

Qualitative Content Analysis

Qualitative Content Analysis

Imitation game

Imitation game

Presser, Stanley

Presser, Stanley

Schuman, Howard

Schuman, Howard

Prosopography

Prosopography

Causal analysis with panel data

Causal analysis with panel data

Moreno, J.L.

Moreno, J.L.

Strauss, Anselm

Strauss, Anselm

Focus Groups

Focus Groups

Meta-Ethnography

Meta-Ethnography

Bourdieu, Pierre

Bourdieu, Pierre

Hymes, Dell

Hymes, Dell

Regression, Spline

Regression, Spline

Sensory Ethnography

Sensory Ethnography

Psychometric methods

Psychometric methods

Agent based models

Agent based models

Expert systems

Expert systems

Critical Realism

Critical Realism

Kuhn, Thomas

Kuhn, Thomas

Smith, Dorothy

Smith, Dorothy

Douglas, Jack

Douglas, Jack

Peer Interviewers

Peer Interviewers

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Social Constructivism

Social Constructivism

Secondary analysis

Secondary analysis

Agency

Agency

Vulnerable informants

Vulnerable informants

Cicourel, Aaron

Cicourel, Aaron

Affect and vulnerability in Judith Butler’s work

Affect and vulnerability in Judith Butler’s work

Rhythm analysis

Rhythm analysis

Haggett, Peter

Haggett, Peter

Narrative Analysis

Narrative Analysis

Barad, Karen

Barad, Karen

Foucault, Michel

Foucault, Michel

Case Based Methods

Case Based Methods

Ragin, Charles

Ragin, Charles

Ethnopoetics

Ethnopoetics

Everyday Life

Everyday Life

Jefferson, Gail

Jefferson, Gail

Elster, J

Elster, J

Queer Theory

Queer Theory

Sensitising concepts

Sensitising concepts

Social Simulation

Social Simulation

Latent growth curve modelling

Latent growth curve modelling

Denzin, Norman

Denzin, Norman

Optimal Matching Analysis

Optimal Matching Analysis

Performance Ethnography

Performance Ethnography

Videography

Videography

Time series analysis

Time series analysis

Actor Network Theory

Actor Network Theory

Discourse Research

Discourse Research

Bhaskar, Roy

Bhaskar, Roy

Humour

Humour

Soundscapes

Soundscapes

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Feminist Standpoint Theory

Archiving Qualitative Data

Archiving Qualitative Data

Idioculture

Idioculture

Abduction

Abduction

Evaluation methods

Evaluation methods

Heise, David

Heise, David

Becker, Howard

Becker, Howard

Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory

PCP Methods

PCP Methods

Repertory grid

Repertory grid

Panel data analysis

Panel data analysis

Fuzzy Set Theory

Fuzzy Set Theory

Item Response Theory

Item Response Theory

Idealism

Idealism

Cluster analysis

Cluster analysis

Sequence Analysis

Sequence Analysis

Debord, Guy

Debord, Guy

Malinowski, Bronislaw

Malinowski, Bronislaw

Online games for S.R.

Online games for S.R.

Pop Music

Pop Music

Ethnography in Martial Arts

Ethnography in Martial Arts

Spatial regression models

Spatial regression models

Lundberg, George

Lundberg, George

Emotions in fieldwork

Emotions in fieldwork

Goffman, Erving

Goffman, Erving

Qualitative Research Design

Qualitative Research Design

Cliometrics

Cliometrics

Fleck, Ludwik

Fleck, Ludwik

Empiricism

Empiricism

Goodwin, Charles

Goodwin, Charles

Respondent Generated Image Production

Respondent Generated Image Production

Cazden, Courtney

Cazden, Courtney

Jephcott, Pearl

Jephcott, Pearl

Action Research

Action Research

Rubin, Don

Rubin, Don

Extended Case Method

Extended Case Method

Thick description

Thick description

Flaneur

Flaneur

Martineau, Harriet

Martineau, Harriet

Winch, Peter

Winch, Peter

Rose, Edward

Rose, Edward

Geddes, Patrick

Geddes, Patrick

Objectivity (and Subjectivity)

Objectivity (and Subjectivity)

Foodways

Foodways

Researching Landscapes

Researching Landscapes

Gell, Alfred

Gell, Alfred

Translation in Qualitative Methods

Translation in Qualitative Methods

Pragmatism

Pragmatism

Propp, Vladimir

Propp, Vladimir

Post-colonialism

Post-colonialism

Saturation in Qualitative Research

Saturation in Qualitative Research

Embodied research

Embodied research

Subjectivity

Subjectivity

Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing

Interaction effects

Interaction effects

Hermeneutics

Hermeneutics

Case Studies

Case Studies

Qualitative Interview with Individuals with Hearing Impairments

Qualitative Interview with Individuals with Hearing Impairments

Goodchild, Michael

Goodchild, Michael

Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics

Nominal Scale Agreement

Nominal Scale Agreement

Blog analysis

Blog analysis

Elias, Norbert: Figurational Research and Process-orientated Methodology

Elias, Norbert: Figurational Research and Process-orientated Methodology

Schutze, Fritz

Schutze, Fritz

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Goldthorpe, John

Goldthorpe, John

Happiness

Happiness

Fine, Gary Alan

Fine, Gary Alan

Affect

Affect

Logit and probit binary and multinomial choice models

Logit and probit binary and multinomial choice models

Propensity score analysis

Propensity score analysis

Massey, Doreen

Massey, Doreen

Institutional Ethnography in Geography

Institutional Ethnography in Geography

Sacks, Harvey

Sacks, Harvey

Gadamer, Hans-Georg

Gadamer, Hans-Georg

Research Assistants in Ethnography

Research Assistants in Ethnography

Verstehen

Verstehen

Laws

Laws

Deliberative methods

Deliberative methods

Qualitative Research in Social Work

Qualitative Research in Social Work

Ellis, Carolyn

Ellis, Carolyn

Reflexivity

Reflexivity

Post Humanism

Post Humanism

Problem-Centred Interview

Problem-Centred Interview

Kotz, Samuel

Kotz, Samuel

Listening

Listening

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Case Study Research in Business and Management

Johnson, Norman

Johnson, Norman

Hughes, Everett

Hughes, Everett

Laboratory Ethnography

Laboratory Ethnography

Interviewing Children

Interviewing Children

Analysing Multi-Media interactions on Social Media

Analysing Multi-Media interactions on Social Media

Analysis of Rare Events

Analysis of Rare Events

Access

Access

Hierarchical Linear Models for Discontinuous Change

Hierarchical Linear Models for Discontinuous Change

Quantitative narrative analysis

Quantitative narrative analysis

Qualitative Research and Religious Studies

Qualitative Research and Religious Studies

Generalized linear models

Generalized linear models

Membership Roles in Fieldwork

Membership Roles in Fieldwork

Mobile Methods

Mobile Methods

Heteronormativity

Heteronormativity

Clifford & Marcus

Clifford & Marcus

Factor analysis

Factor analysis

Controversy Studies in STS

Controversy Studies in STS

Patronage and Clientalism

Patronage and Clientalism

Performativity

Performativity

Computational modelling

Computational modelling

Principal components analysis

Principal components analysis

Comparative Case Studies

Comparative Case Studies

Web Surveys

Web Surveys

Individualism (Holism)

Individualism (Holism)

White, Harrison

White, Harrison

Boundary Work

Boundary Work

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies

Testimonio

Testimonio

Bootstrapping

Bootstrapping

Stoller, Paul

Stoller, Paul

Bahktin, Mikhail

Bahktin, Mikhail

Cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism

Interactionism

Interactionism

Collins, Patricia Hill

Collins, Patricia Hill

Material Culture Analysis

Material Culture Analysis

Social Capital

Social Capital

Coleman, James

Coleman, James

Hauser, Robert

Hauser, Robert

Mobile Methods

Mobile Methods

Factorial survey

Factorial survey

Newton, Esther

Newton, Esther

GINI coefficient

GINI coefficient

Contemporary legend

Contemporary legend

Ostension

Ostension

Mauss, Marcel

Mauss, Marcel

Confidence intervals

Confidence intervals

Exploratory data analysis

Exploratory data analysis

Type 1 and 2 errors

Type 1 and 2 errors

Moral Panics

Moral Panics

Integrative Analysis for Mixed Methods Research

Integrative Analysis for Mixed Methods Research

Spatial statistics and geostatistics

Spatial statistics and geostatistics

Botkin, Benjamin

Botkin, Benjamin

Abbott, Andrew

Abbott, Andrew

Merton, Robert

Merton, Robert

Cultural Capital

Cultural Capital

Science and Technology Studies: The Strong Programme

Science and Technology Studies: The Strong Programme

Popper, Karl

Popper, Karl

Feminist Post-Humanism

Feminist Post-Humanism

Lazarsfeld, Paul

Lazarsfeld, Paul

Positivism

Positivism

McDowell, Linda

McDowell, Linda

Systematic Review

Systematic Review

Discourse Analysis: The Sociology of Knowledge Approach

Discourse Analysis: The Sociology of Knowledge Approach

Social Epistemology

Social Epistemology

Ignorance

Ignorance

Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice

Glassie, Henry

Glassie, Henry

Naturalism

Naturalism

Campbell, Donald

Campbell, Donald

Feminist New Materialisms

Feminist New Materialisms

Experimental design

Experimental design

Paradata

Paradata

Big Data in Marketing Research and Analysis

Big Data in Marketing Research and Analysis

Systematic Observation Methods

Systematic Observation Methods

Missing data

Missing data

Booth, Charles

Booth, Charles

Timelining

Timelining

Indexcality

Indexcality

Latour, Bruno

Latour, Bruno

Visual Impairment

Visual Impairment

Bayesian inference

Bayesian inference

Randomised controlled trials

Randomised controlled trials

Kunio, Yanagita

Kunio, Yanagita

Analysis of Proportions

Analysis of Proportions

Hegemonic Masculinity

Hegemonic Masculinity

Multi-Species Research

Multi-Species Research

Visual Elicitation in Interviews

Visual Elicitation in Interviews

Blalock, Hubert

Blalock, Hubert

Fogel, Robert

Fogel, Robert

North, Douglass

North, Douglass

Longitudinal Qualitative Research

Longitudinal Qualitative Research

Qualitative Interviews with people with an intellectual disability

Qualitative Interviews with people with an intellectual disability

Multilevel Modeling of Non-Normal Data

Multilevel Modeling of Non-Normal Data

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions

Data cleaning

Data cleaning

Star, Susan Leigh

Star, Susan Leigh

Memory

Memory

Comics in Qualitative Research

Comics in Qualitative Research

Timescapes

Timescapes

Objectivity

Objectivity

ATI/FOI requests as social science data

ATI/FOI requests as social science data

Email diaries

Email diaries

Ontology

Ontology

Qualitative Media Analysis

Qualitative Media Analysis

Conquergood, Dwight

Conquergood, Dwight

Silence in Qualitative Interviewing

Silence in Qualitative Interviewing

Storytelling in Social Work

Storytelling in Social Work

Asynchronous Online Communication for Qualitative Research

Asynchronous Online Communication for Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research in Refugee Studies

Qualitative Research in Refugee Studies

Post-Racialism

Post-Racialism

Text Mining

Text Mining

Gatekeepers in Qualitative Research

Gatekeepers in Qualitative Research

Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data

Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data

Transnationalism

Transnationalism

Qualitative Insider Research

Qualitative Insider Research

Rapport with informants or over-rapport

Rapport with informants or over-rapport

Epistemics

Epistemics

Thematic Analysis

Thematic Analysis

ontology in STS

ontology in STS

Draw and Write Techniques

Draw and Write Techniques

Indigenous performing arts research

Indigenous performing arts research

Data Linkage

Data Linkage

Interviewing Elites

Interviewing Elites

Analysing Social Media Data

Analysing Social Media Data

Snowball sampling

Snowball sampling

Institutional Ethnography in Education

Institutional Ethnography in Education

Kelley, Florence

Kelley, Florence

Gatekeepers in Ethnography

Gatekeepers in Ethnography

Ethnography in Prisons

Ethnography in Prisons

Weighting

Weighting

Qualitative Research Methods for Human Resources Management

Qualitative Research Methods for Human Resources Management

Qual research with people with a diagnosis of dementia

Qual research with people with a diagnosis of dementia

Orientalism and Methodology

Orientalism and Methodology

Organisational Ethnography

Organisational Ethnography

Non response in Surveys

Non response in Surveys

Epistemic Cultures

Epistemic Cultures

Vogt, Paul

Vogt, Paul

Cognitive modelling

Cognitive modelling

Oakley, Ann

Oakley, Ann

Meta-analysis and synthesis

Meta-analysis and synthesis

Qualitative Interviewing of Elites

Qualitative Interviewing of Elites

Measuring attitudes

Measuring attitudes

Triangulation

Triangulation

Phenomenology

Phenomenology

Causal Analysis and Causal Inference

Causal Analysis and Causal Inference

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales

Ethnography in Human Geography

Ethnography in Human Geography

Illness Narratives

Illness Narratives

Studying Place

Studying Place

Dangerous fieldwork

Dangerous fieldwork

Social networks analysis

Social networks analysis

Mobile and sensor data collection

Mobile and sensor data collection

Single and mixed mode survey data collection

Single and mixed mode survey data collection

Multi-sited Ethnography

Multi-sited Ethnography

Collecting illness narratives

Collecting illness narratives

Latent class analysis

Latent class analysis

Gamification in Web surveys

Gamification in Web surveys

Housing Figuration

Housing Figuration

Pearson, Karl

Pearson, Karl

Designing grid questions in Web surveys

Designing grid questions in Web surveys

Discriminant analysis

Discriminant analysis

Interviewing Legal Elites

Interviewing Legal Elites

Scroll Back Method

Scroll Back Method

Post-positivism

Post-positivism

Gilligan, Carol

Gilligan, Carol

Webb, Beatrice

Webb, Beatrice

Feminist Methods

Feminist Methods

Ordinal Regression Models

Ordinal Regression Models

Canonical correlation

Canonical correlation

Social Mechanisms and the micro-macro link

Social Mechanisms and the micro-macro link

Bondi, Liz

Bondi, Liz

Transparency in Qualitative Research

Transparency in Qualitative Research

Brown, Karen McCarthy

Brown, Karen McCarthy

Informed consent of Children

Informed consent of Children

Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Organisational Research

Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Organisational Research

Qualitative Research Criminology

Qualitative Research Criminology

Latent transition analysis

Latent transition analysis

Exponential random graph modelling

Exponential random graph modelling

De Vault, Marjorie

De Vault, Marjorie

Structural equation modelling

Structural equation modelling

Respondent Driven Sampling

Respondent Driven Sampling

Comparative analysis with Boolean algebra

Comparative analysis with Boolean algebra

Qualitatve interviewing with the Elderly

Qualitatve interviewing with the Elderly

Quantitative content analysis

Quantitative content analysis

Recruiting Participants through Facebook

Recruiting Participants through Facebook

Correspondence analysis

Correspondence analysis

Panel conditioning

Panel conditioning

Duncan, Otis Dudley

Duncan, Otis Dudley

Multilevel Models for Continuous Responses

Multilevel Models for Continuous Responses

Dynamic Panel Data Models

Dynamic Panel Data Models

Luckmann, Benita

Luckmann, Benita

Event history and survival analysis

Event history and survival analysis

Confirmatory factor analysis

Confirmatory factor analysis

Planning and Conducting Experiments

Planning and Conducting Experiments

Multiple imputation approach to missing data

Multiple imputation approach to missing data

Machine Learning

Machine Learning

Linguistic Relativity

Linguistic Relativity

Whorf, Benjamin

Whorf, Benjamin

Analysing Administrative data

Analysing Administrative data

Regression Analysis

Regression Analysis

Regression, diagnostics

Regression, diagnostics

Causality in Qualitative Research

Causality in Qualitative Research

Humour and Jokes

Humour and Jokes

Belonging

Belonging

Sampling, Probabilistic and Statistical

Sampling, Probabilistic and Statistical

Cartwright, Nancy

Cartwright, Nancy

Neural networks

Neural networks

Count Models

Count Models

Maximum likelihood estimation

Maximum likelihood estimation

Multiple and generalized nonparametric regression

Multiple and generalized nonparametric regression

Parametric and nonparametric statistics

Parametric and nonparametric statistics

Suchman, Lucy

Suchman, Lucy

Decision Theory

Decision Theory

Gellner, David

Gellner, David

Digital Story Telling

Digital Story Telling

Taft, Jessie

Taft, Jessie

Longino, Helen

Longino, Helen

Harding, Sandra

Harding, Sandra

Hurston, Zora Neale

Hurston, Zora Neale

Informed Consent from Adults

Informed Consent from Adults

McLean, Annie Marion

McLean, Annie Marion

Fisher, Ronald Aylmer

Fisher, Ronald Aylmer

Open Ended vs Closed Ended Questions

Open Ended vs Closed Ended Questions

Online citizen research

Online citizen research

Thomas, Dorothy

Thomas, Dorothy

Geertz, Clifford

Geertz, Clifford

Decolonizing Research Methods

Decolonizing Research Methods

Critical Appraisal

Critical Appraisal

Emplacement

Emplacement

Futuring and Trendwatching

Futuring and Trendwatching

Undertaking transparent and reproducible data analysis

Undertaking transparent and reproducible data analysis

Monte Carlo simulation

Monte Carlo simulation

Bias

Bias

Small area estimation

Small area estimation

Spivak, Gayatri

Spivak, Gayatri

Causality

Causality

Epistemology

Epistemology

GIS and Geovisual Analysis, Quantitative

GIS and Geovisual Analysis, Quantitative

Adaptive and responsive survey designs

Adaptive and responsive survey designs

Age-period-cohort analysis

Age-period-cohort analysis

Repeated cross-sections

Repeated cross-sections

Paradata in Survey Research

Paradata in Survey Research

Satisficing and Measurement Error

Satisficing and Measurement Error

Interviewer effects

Interviewer effects

Regression Dscontinuity

Regression Dscontinuity

Item count technique

Item count technique

Social desirability and sensitive questions

Social desirability and sensitive questions

Znaniecki, Florian

Znaniecki, Florian

Sayers, Andrew

Sayers, Andrew

Equivalence testing

Equivalence testing

Chi-square test

Chi-square test

Correlation

Correlation

survey question pretesting

survey question pretesting

Continuation ratio/ stage models

Continuation ratio/ stage models

Loseke, Donileen

Loseke, Donileen

Addams, Jane

Addams, Jane

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

Significance testing & controversies

Significance testing & controversies

Practice Research

Practice Research

Dropout

Dropout

Nonprobability Sampling

Nonprobability Sampling

Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics

Mixed methods research

Mixed methods research

Tools for interpreting machine learning models

Tools for interpreting machine learning models

Ecological Fallacy

Ecological Fallacy

Central limit theory

Central limit theory

Cronbach's Alpha

Cronbach's Alpha

Marginal Effects

Marginal Effects

Power analysis

Power analysis

Clearing Houses

Clearing Houses

Variance estimation

Variance estimation

Intercoder (or interrater) reliability

Intercoder (or interrater) reliability

Feminist Methods, Quantitative

Feminist Methods, Quantitative

Official statstics

Official statstics

Privacy and confidentiality of data

Privacy and confidentiality of data

Interpretivism

Interpretivism

experiential surveys

experiential surveys

Seam effect

Seam effect

Arendt, Hannah

Arendt, Hannah

Heterogeneous choice models

Heterogeneous choice models

Hedges, Larry

Hedges, Larry

Authenticity

Authenticity

Deconstruction

Deconstruction

Measuremnet Scales

Measuremnet Scales

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt

Web scraping

Web scraping

Borgatta, Ed

Borgatta, Ed

Case control studies

Case control studies

Clogg, Clifford

Clogg, Clifford

Total Survey Error

Total Survey Error

Goodness of fit

Goodness of fit

Verran, Helen

Verran, Helen

Labelling Theory

Labelling Theory

Seemingly Unrelated Regression

Seemingly Unrelated Regression

Model-based inference

Model-based inference

Effect size

Effect size

Data transformation

Data transformation

Telling Stories with Data

Telling Stories with Data

Regression, quantile

Regression, quantile

Rank Ordered Logit Models

Rank Ordered Logit Models

Sensitivity analysis

Sensitivity analysis

Space

Space

Narrated Communication

Narrated Communication

Rigour

Rigour

Time and Social Processes

Time and Social Processes

Unobtrusive measures

Unobtrusive measures

Visualisation Techniques

Visualisation Techniques

Mathematics and Statistics in Social Research

Mathematics and Statistics in Social Research

cross cultural surveys (3mc surveys)

cross cultural surveys (3mc surveys)

Econometrics

Econometrics

Conditional Logit Model

Conditional Logit Model

Telephone interviews

Telephone interviews

Big data

Big data

Forecasting

Forecasting

Memorialisation

Memorialisation

Social Media Analysis

Social Media Analysis

Gallup, George Horace

Gallup, George Horace

Lieberson, Stanley

Lieberson, Stanley

Wright, Benjamin D

Wright, Benjamin D

Longitudinal Studies

Longitudinal Studies

Bayes, Thomas

Bayes, Thomas

Classical test theory

Classical test theory

Acyclic graphs

Acyclic graphs

Evaluation, Qualitative

Evaluation, Qualitative

Geometric Data Analysis: Advanced Issues and Current Developments

Geometric Data Analysis: Advanced Issues and Current Developments

T Test

T Test

Goodman, Leo

Goodman, Leo

Hauser, Philip

Hauser, Philip

Mol, Annemarie

Mol, Annemarie

Raftery, Adrian

Raftery, Adrian

Functionalism

Functionalism

Attrition

Attrition

Generalisation

Generalisation

Unit of Analysis

Unit of Analysis

Complexity

Complexity

Big Data in Qualitaive research

Big Data in Qualitaive research

Standard error

Standard error

Keyfitz, Nathan

Keyfitz, Nathan

Matrix Algebra

Matrix Algebra

Randomisation

Randomisation

Maximum Likelihood Approach to Dynamic Panel Data Modeling

Maximum Likelihood Approach to Dynamic Panel Data Modeling

Anova and Ancova

Anova and Ancova

Quasi-experimental design

Quasi-experimental design

Heckman, James

Heckman, James

Pearl, Judea

Pearl, Judea

Simulation Studies

Simulation Studies

Yule, Udny

Yule, Udny

Operationalism

Operationalism

Bonferroni, Carlo Emilio

Bonferroni, Carlo Emilio

Kempthorne, Oscar

Kempthorne, Oscar

Lasso and Post-lasso inference

Lasso and Post-lasso inference

Efron, Bradley

Efron, Bradley

Ordinal Independent Variables

Ordinal Independent Variables

April 2021 | 5568 pages | Sage UK

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SAGE Research Methods Foundations is a major benchmark work and a significant addition to SAGE’s research methods programme. This ambitious resource brings together, in one place, authoritative essays and entries with comprehensive coverage of methods and methodologies across the social sciences. It provides a reference resource for all levels, from undergraduates learning the concepts of research, to postgraduate students honing their skills and scholars and practitioners exploring cutting-edge developments and specialist techniques.  Comprising 10 volumes, it aims to be the largest and most comprehensive research methods resource of its kind.

 

The topics  map diverse methodological approaches, research settings and major debates, definitions, applications, techniques, biographies and events. Students and experienced researchers alike will be able to explore and engage at the level that is right for them. This will be the go-to research methods resource for educating and training new generations of students and scholars.


Table Of Contents:

  • Autoethnography
  • Conversation Analysis
  • Auto-Biography
  • Computer-Assisted Text Analysis
  • Ethnographic Film
  • Ethics of Qualitative Research
  • Life-History Methods
  • Qualitative GIS and Spatial Research
  • Oral History Methods
  • Diaries
  • Ethnographic Interviewing
  • Documentary Analysis
  • Documents of Life
  • Computer Aided Qualitative Analysis Software
  • Narrative Inquiry
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Visual Ethnography
  • Grounded Theory & Situational Analysis
  • Ethnography in Online Environments
  • Arts-Based Research
  • Participatory Action Research
  • Ethnomethodological Analysis
  • Ethnodrama & Ethnofiction
  • Critical Ethnography
  • Folklore and Oral Cultures
  • Ethnomusicology
  • Ethnostatistics
  • Discursive Psychology
  • Group Interviews
  • Dance and Movement
  • Storytelling
  • Blumer, Herbert
  • Schutz, Alfred
  • Dégh, Linda
  • Boas, Franz
  • Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann
  • Qualitative Communication Research
  • Barthes, Roland
  • Multimodal Analysis
  • Chapin, F. Stuart
  • Sheffield, Ada Elliott
  • Qualitative Meta-Analysis
  • Levy-Bruhl
  • Theoretical Sampling
  • Indigenous Methods
  • Labov, William
  • Active interview
  • Collage-making
  • Experimental Qualitative Methods
  • Praxiography
  • Transcription
  • Member categorisation analysis
  • Smartphone Apps
  • Explanation
  • Structuralism
  • Sentiment analysis
  • Skype interviewing
  • Delphi Groups
  • Covert research
  • Berry, Brian
  • I-Poems
  • Falsification
  • Leaving the field
  • Ethnoscience
  • Induction
  • Harvey, David
  • Other worlds
  • Unique Adequacy
  • Collaborative Ethnography
  • Haraway, Donna
  • Ethics in research on Social Media
  • Q Methodology
  • Bricolage as Method
  • Bricolage
  • Wright Mills, Charles
  • Drawing
  • Five Level QDA
  • Vignettes
  • Powdermaker, Hortense
  • Institutional Ethnography
  • Avatars
  • Garfinkel, Harold
  • Dundes, Alan
  • Heritage
  • Riesman, David
  • First days in the field
  • New Materialism
  • Causality
  • Qualitative Content Analysis
  • Imitation game
  • Presser, Stanley
  • Schuman, Howard
  • Prosopography
  • Causal analysis with panel data
  • Moreno, J.L.
  • Strauss, Anselm
  • Focus Groups
  • Meta-Ethnography
  • Bourdieu, Pierre
  • Hymes, Dell
  • Regression, Spline
  • Sensory Ethnography
  • Psychometric methods
  • Agent based models
  • Expert systems
  • Critical Realism
  • Kuhn, Thomas
  • Smith, Dorothy
  • Douglas, Jack
  • Peer Interviewers
  • Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
  • Social Constructivism
  • Secondary analysis
  • Agency
  • Vulnerable informants
  • Cicourel, Aaron
  • Affect and vulnerability in Judith Butler’s work
  • Rhythm analysis
  • Haggett, Peter
  • Narrative Analysis
  • Barad, Karen
  • Foucault, Michel
  • Case Based Methods
  • Ragin, Charles
  • Ethnopoetics
  • Everyday Life
  • Jefferson, Gail
  • Elster, J
  • Queer Theory
  • Sensitising concepts
  • Social Simulation
  • Latent growth curve modelling
  • Denzin, Norman
  • Optimal Matching Analysis
  • Performance Ethnography
  • Videography
  • Time series analysis
  • Actor Network Theory
  • Discourse Research
  • Bhaskar, Roy
  • Humour
  • Soundscapes
  • Feminist Standpoint Theory
  • Archiving Qualitative Data
  • Idioculture
  • Abduction
  • Evaluation methods
  • Heise, David
  • Becker, Howard
  • Critical Race Theory
  • PCP Methods
  • Repertory grid
  • Panel data analysis
  • Fuzzy Set Theory
  • Item Response Theory
  • Idealism
  • Cluster analysis
  • Sequence Analysis
  • Debord, Guy
  • Malinowski, Bronislaw
  • Online games for S.R.
  • Pop Music
  • Ethnography in Martial Arts
  • Spatial regression models
  • Lundberg, George
  • Emotions in fieldwork
  • Goffman, Erving
  • Qualitative Research Design
  • Cliometrics
  • Fleck, Ludwik
  • Empiricism
  • Goodwin, Charles
  • Respondent Generated Image Production
  • Cazden, Courtney
  • Jephcott, Pearl
  • Action Research
  • Rubin, Don
  • Extended Case Method
  • Thick description
  • Flaneur
  • Martineau, Harriet
  • Winch, Peter
  • Rose, Edward
  • Geddes, Patrick
  • Objectivity (and Subjectivity)
  • Foodways
  • Researching Landscapes
  • Gell, Alfred
  • Translation in Qualitative Methods
  • Pragmatism
  • Propp, Vladimir
  • Post-colonialism
  • Saturation in Qualitative Research
  • Embodied research
  • Subjectivity
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Interaction effects
  • Hermeneutics
  • Case Studies
  • Qualitative Interview with Individuals with Hearing Impairments
  • Goodchild, Michael
  • Bibliometrics
  • Nominal Scale Agreement
  • Blog analysis
  • Elias, Norbert: Figurational Research and Process-orientated Methodology
  • Schutze, Fritz
  • Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions
  • Goldthorpe, John
  • Happiness
  • Fine, Gary Alan
  • Affect
  • Logit and probit binary and multinomial choice models
  • Propensity score analysis
  • Massey, Doreen
  • Institutional Ethnography in Geography
  • Sacks, Harvey
  • Gadamer, Hans-Georg
  • Research Assistants in Ethnography
  • Verstehen
  • Laws
  • Deliberative methods
  • Qualitative Research in Social Work
  • Ellis, Carolyn
  • Reflexivity
  • Post Humanism
  • Problem-Centred Interview
  • Kotz, Samuel
  • Listening
  • Case Study Research in Business and Management
  • Johnson, Norman
  • Hughes, Everett
  • Laboratory Ethnography
  • Interviewing Children
  • Analysing Multi-Media interactions on Social Media
  • Analysis of Rare Events
  • Access
  • Hierarchical Linear Models for Discontinuous Change
  • Quantitative narrative analysis
  • Qualitative Research and Religious Studies
  • Generalized linear models
  • Membership Roles in Fieldwork
  • Mobile Methods
  • Heteronormativity
  • Clifford & Marcus
  • Factor analysis
  • Controversy Studies in STS
  • Patronage and Clientalism
  • Performativity
  • Computational modelling
  • Principal components analysis
  • Comparative Case Studies
  • Web Surveys
  • Individualism (Holism)
  • White, Harrison
  • Boundary Work
  • Postmodernism
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Testimonio
  • Bootstrapping
  • Stoller, Paul
  • Bahktin, Mikhail
  • Cosmopolitanism
  • Interactionism
  • Collins, Patricia Hill
  • Material Culture Analysis
  • Social Capital
  • Coleman, James
  • Hauser, Robert
  • Mobile Methods
  • Factorial survey
  • Newton, Esther
  • GINI coefficient
  • Contemporary legend
  • Ostension
  • Mauss, Marcel
  • Confidence intervals
  • Exploratory data analysis
  • Type 1 and 2 errors
  • Moral Panics
  • Integrative Analysis for Mixed Methods Research
  • Spatial statistics and geostatistics
  • Botkin, Benjamin
  • Abbott, Andrew
  • Merton, Robert
  • Cultural Capital
  • Science and Technology Studies: The Strong Programme
  • Popper, Karl
  • Feminist Post-Humanism
  • Lazarsfeld, Paul
  • Positivism
  • McDowell, Linda
  • Systematic Review
  • Discourse Analysis: The Sociology of Knowledge Approach
  • Social Epistemology
  • Ignorance
  • Mindfulness
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Glassie, Henry
  • Naturalism
  • Campbell, Donald
  • Feminist New Materialisms
  • Experimental design
  • Paradata
  • Big Data in Marketing Research and Analysis
  • Systematic Observation Methods
  • Missing data
  • Booth, Charles
  • Timelining
  • Indexcality
  • Latour, Bruno
  • Visual Impairment
  • Bayesian inference
  • Randomised controlled trials
  • Kunio, Yanagita
  • Analysis of Proportions
  • Hegemonic Masculinity
  • Multi-Species Research
  • Visual Elicitation in Interviews
  • Blalock, Hubert
  • Fogel, Robert
  • North, Douglass
  • Longitudinal Qualitative Research
  • Qualitative Interviews with people with an intellectual disability
  • Multilevel Modeling of Non-Normal Data
  • Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions
  • Data cleaning
  • Star, Susan Leigh
  • Memory
  • Comics in Qualitative Research
  • Timescapes
  • Objectivity
  • ATI/FOI requests as social science data
  • Email diaries
  • Ontology
  • Qualitative Media Analysis
  • Conquergood, Dwight
  • Silence in Qualitative Interviewing
  • Storytelling in Social Work
  • Asynchronous Online Communication for Qualitative Research
  • Qualitative Research in Refugee Studies
  • Post-Racialism
  • Text Mining
  • Gatekeepers in Qualitative Research
  • Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data
  • Transnationalism
  • Qualitative Insider Research
  • Rapport with informants or over-rapport
  • Epistemics
  • Thematic Analysis
  • ontology in STS
  • Draw and Write Techniques
  • Indigenous performing arts research
  • Data Linkage
  • Interviewing Elites
  • Analysing Social Media Data
  • Snowball sampling
  • Institutional Ethnography in Education
  • Kelley, Florence
  • Gatekeepers in Ethnography
  • Ethnography in Prisons
  • Weighting
  • Qualitative Research Methods for Human Resources Management
  • Qual research with people with a diagnosis of dementia
  • Orientalism and Methodology
  • Organisational Ethnography
  • Non response in Surveys
  • Epistemic Cultures
  • Vogt, Paul
  • Cognitive modelling
  • Oakley, Ann
  • Meta-analysis and synthesis
  • Qualitative Interviewing of Elites
  • Measuring attitudes
  • Triangulation
  • Phenomenology
  • Causal Analysis and Causal Inference
  • Fairy Tales
  • Ethnography in Human Geography
  • Illness Narratives
  • Studying Place
  • Dangerous fieldwork
  • Social networks analysis
  • Mobile and sensor data collection
  • Single and mixed mode survey data collection
  • Multi-sited Ethnography
  • Collecting illness narratives
  • Latent class analysis
  • Gamification in Web surveys
  • Housing Figuration
  • Pearson, Karl
  • Designing grid questions in Web surveys
  • Discriminant analysis
  • Interviewing Legal Elites
  • Scroll Back Method
  • Post-positivism
  • Gilligan, Carol
  • Webb, Beatrice
  • Feminist Methods
  • Ordinal Regression Models
  • Canonical correlation
  • Social Mechanisms and the micro-macro link
  • Bondi, Liz
  • Transparency in Qualitative Research
  • Brown, Karen McCarthy
  • Informed consent of Children
  • Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Organisational Research
  • Qualitative Research Criminology
  • Latent transition analysis
  • Exponential random graph modelling
  • De Vault, Marjorie
  • Structural equation modelling
  • Respondent Driven Sampling
  • Comparative analysis with Boolean algebra
  • Qualitatve interviewing with the Elderly
  • Quantitative content analysis
  • Recruiting Participants through Facebook
  • Correspondence analysis
  • Panel conditioning
  • Duncan, Otis Dudley
  • Multilevel Models for Continuous Responses
  • Dynamic Panel Data Models
  • Luckmann, Benita
  • Event history and survival analysis
  • Confirmatory factor analysis
  • Planning and Conducting Experiments
  • Multiple imputation approach to missing data
  • Machine Learning
  • Linguistic Relativity
  • Whorf, Benjamin
  • Analysing Administrative data
  • Regression Analysis
  • Regression, diagnostics
  • Causality in Qualitative Research
  • Humour and Jokes
  • Belonging
  • Sampling, Probabilistic and Statistical
  • Cartwright, Nancy
  • Neural networks
  • Count Models
  • Maximum likelihood estimation
  • Multiple and generalized nonparametric regression
  • Parametric and nonparametric statistics
  • Suchman, Lucy
  • Decision Theory
  • Gellner, David
  • Digital Story Telling
  • Taft, Jessie
  • Longino, Helen
  • Harding, Sandra
  • Hurston, Zora Neale
  • Informed Consent from Adults
  • McLean, Annie Marion
  • Fisher, Ronald Aylmer
  • Open Ended vs Closed Ended Questions
  • Online citizen research
  • Thomas, Dorothy
  • Geertz, Clifford
  • Decolonizing Research Methods
  • Critical Appraisal
  • Emplacement
  • Futuring and Trendwatching
  • Undertaking transparent and reproducible data analysis
  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • Bias
  • Small area estimation
  • Spivak, Gayatri
  • Causality
  • Epistemology
  • GIS and Geovisual Analysis, Quantitative
  • Adaptive and responsive survey designs
  • Age-period-cohort analysis
  • Repeated cross-sections
  • Paradata in Survey Research
  • Satisficing and Measurement Error
  • Interviewer effects
  • Regression Dscontinuity
  • Item count technique
  • Social desirability and sensitive questions
  • Znaniecki, Florian
  • Sayers, Andrew
  • Equivalence testing
  • Chi-square test
  • Correlation
  • survey question pretesting
  • Continuation ratio/ stage models
  • Loseke, Donileen
  • Addams, Jane
  • Neoliberalism
  • Significance testing & controversies
  • Practice Research
  • Dropout
  • Nonprobability Sampling
  • Descriptive Statistics
  • Mixed methods research
  • Tools for interpreting machine learning models
  • Ecological Fallacy
  • Central limit theory
  • Cronbach's Alpha
  • Marginal Effects
  • Power analysis
  • Clearing Houses
  • Variance estimation
  • Intercoder (or interrater) reliability
  • Feminist Methods, Quantitative
  • Official statstics
  • Privacy and confidentiality of data
  • Interpretivism
  • experiential surveys
  • Seam effect
  • Arendt, Hannah
  • Heterogeneous choice models
  • Hedges, Larry
  • Authenticity
  • Deconstruction
  • Measuremnet Scales
  • Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt
  • Web scraping
  • Borgatta, Ed
  • Case control studies
  • Clogg, Clifford
  • Total Survey Error
  • Goodness of fit
  • Verran, Helen
  • Labelling Theory
  • Seemingly Unrelated Regression
  • Model-based inference
  • Effect size
  • Data transformation
  • Telling Stories with Data
  • Regression, quantile
  • Rank Ordered Logit Models
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Space
  • Narrated Communication
  • Rigour
  • Time and Social Processes
  • Unobtrusive measures
  • Visualisation Techniques
  • Mathematics and Statistics in Social Research
  • cross cultural surveys (3mc surveys)
  • Econometrics
  • Conditional Logit Model
  • Telephone interviews
  • Big data
  • Forecasting
  • Memorialisation
  • Social Media Analysis
  • Gallup, George Horace
  • Lieberson, Stanley
  • Wright, Benjamin D
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Bayes, Thomas
  • Classical test theory
  • Acyclic graphs
  • Evaluation, Qualitative
  • Geometric Data Analysis: Advanced Issues and Current Developments
  • T Test
  • Goodman, Leo
  • Hauser, Philip
  • Mol, Annemarie
  • Raftery, Adrian
  • Functionalism
  • Attrition
  • Generalisation
  • Unit of Analysis
  • Complexity
  • Big Data in Qualitaive research
  • Standard error
  • Keyfitz, Nathan
  • Matrix Algebra
  • Randomisation
  • Maximum Likelihood Approach to Dynamic Panel Data Modeling
  • Anova and Ancova
  • Quasi-experimental design
  • Heckman, James
  • Pearl, Judea
  • Simulation Studies
  • Yule, Udny
  • Operationalism
  • Bonferroni, Carlo Emilio
  • Kempthorne, Oscar
  • Lasso and Post-lasso inference
  • Efron, Bradley
  • Ordinal Independent Variables

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