02012cam a2200349 i 4500 564 564 20470845 OSt 20251027205706.0 180426s2019 enka b 001 0 eng 2018019605 9781509517411 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc H61 .B47763 2019 Grad 300.72 B634 2019 23 Blaikie, Norman W. H., 1933- author. Designing social research : the logic of anticipation / Norman Blaikie and Jan Priest. Third edition Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, [2019] x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- About the book -- Focusing research design -- Research questions and purposes -- Framing research design -- Logics for answering research questions -- Selecting research design -- Concepts, theories, hypotheses and models -- Types, forms, sources and selection of data -- Distilling research design -- Methods for answering research questions: data gathering, generation, reduction and analysis -- Researching networked worlds -- Design considerations -- Ethics considerations -- Illustrations -- Sample research designs -- Postscript -- Appendix I: Three research paradigms -- Appendix II: Examples of research topics, problems and questions -- Notes -- References -- Index. Social sciences Methodology. Priest, Jan, 1949- author. Online version: Blaikie, Norman W. H., 1933- author. Designing social research Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] 9781509517442 (DLC) 2018020875 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC GL GL GRAD 2023-07-21 Purchased (New Century Books) 10437 0 Grad 300.72 B634 2019 10437 2023-07-21 c.1 2023-07-21 BK