the logic of anticipation Blaikie, Norman W. H. 1933- creator author. Priest, Jan 1949- author. text bibliography enk 2019 Third edition monographic eng

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x, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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. Norman Blaikie and Jan Priest. Includes bibliographical references and index. Social sciences Methodology H61 .B47763 2019 Grad 300.72 B634 2019 Blaikie, Norman W. H., 1933- author. Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] (DLC) 2018020875 9781509517411 (pbk.) 2018019605 DLC 180426 20251027205706.0 20470845 eng