Principles of Methodology/ research design in social science

Principles of Methodology/ research design in social science Perri 6 - Los Angeles: SAGE, 2012. - viii, 325 p.

Part I Foundations: what methodology is and does
1 Inference and warrant in designing research
2 Methodology and social science knowledge
3 Testing, confirming and falsifying
4 Perspectives on findings from social research
Part II Designs: the main types of research design
5 Types of research design
6 Variable-oriented research designs
7 Case-based research designs
8 Comparative and case-oriented research designs
9 Concept formation
Part III Achievements: what research makes inferences to
10 Why ideas about explanation matter for methodology
11 Basic forms of explanation
12 Mechanisms, contexts and trajectories
13 Warranting explanations
14 Between-case and within-case strategies
15 Interpretation
16 Warranting interpretations
Part IV Synthesis: combinations and trade-offs
17 Combining research designs
18 Trade-offs in research design

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