Tricks of the trade
how to think about your research while you're doing it
by Howard Saul Becker
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Tricks of the Trade will help students think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sound advice, students will be able to make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data.
Becker's tricks cover four broad areas of social science: The creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data, the development of "concepts" to organize findings, and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found.
Becker's advice ranges from simple suggestions such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for justification) to more technical advice such as how to manipulate truth tables.
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Authorship, Sociology, Social sciences, Academic writing, Social sciences -- Authorship, Sociology -- Authorship, Soziologie, Paternidad literaria, Wissenschaftliches Manuskript, Recherche, Research, Sciences sociales, Écriture savante, Méthodologie, Escritura académica, Studievaardigheden, Methods, Sociologie, Sozialwissenschaften, Wissenschaftliches Werk, Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek, Art d'écrire, Autor, Sociología, Methodologie, Schreiben, Report writing, Social sciences, authorship, Social sciences--authorship, Sociology--authorship, H91 .b38 1998, 300/.72, Writing| Edition | Availability |
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Tricks of the trade: how to think about your research while you're doing it
1998, University of Chicago Press
in English
0226041239 9780226041230
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