Sage Research Methods Foundations
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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
Sage Research Methods Foundations
April 2021 | 5568 pages | Sage UK
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 31/03/2026 | 9781473965003 | $4496.00 |
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