SAGE handbook of innovation in social research methods / Malcolm Williams, W.Paul Vogt

PART ONE: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF RESEARCHIntroduction - Malcolm Williams and W Paul VogtObjectivity: A Reconceptualization - Martyn HammersleySetting Up Sociological Research - Geoff PayneFeminist Methodology - Gayle LetherbyWhat Is an Effect? Coming at Causality Backwards - David ByrnePART TWO: DESIGN AND DATA COLLECTIONIntroduction - Malcolm Williams and W Paul VogtNarratives of the Future: Complexity, Time and Temporality - Emma UprichardMapping Pathways - Wendy DyerCorrespondence Analysis: A Case for Methodological Pluralism? - Ian Rees-JonesCase-Oriented Theory-Building and Theory-Testing - Charles C Ragin and Garrett Andrew SchneiderInvestigating Human Communication and Language from Traces Left on the Web - Mike ThelwallInnovative Qualitative Data-Collection Techniques for Conducting Literature Reviews/Research Syntheses - Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Nancy L Leech and Kathleen M T CollinsGrounded Theory - Antony Bryant and Kathy CharmazBack to Likert: Towards the Conversational Survey - Giampietro GoboMixed Methods for Construct Validation - John H Hitchcock and Bonnie K Nastasi Researching with Peer/Community Researchers: Ambivalences and Tensions - Rosalind Edwards and Claire AlexanderInnovations in Program Evaluation: Comparative Case Studies as an Alternative to RCTs - W Paul Vogt et alPART THREE: INTEGRATING THE ANALYSIS OF NEW DATA TYPESIntroduction - W. Paul Vogt and Malcolm WilliamsAdvances in Combining Regression Results in Meta-Analysis - Ariel M Aloe and Betsy Jane BeckerToward a New Era for Conducting Mixed Analyses: The Role of Quantitative Dominant and Qualitative Dominant Cross-Over Mixed Analyses - Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, Nancy L Leech and Kathleen M T Collins Optimal Matching Analysis - Peter Martin and Richard D Wiggins Quantitative Narrative Analysis - Roberto Franzosi Lexicographic Index: A New Measurement of Resemblance among Sequences - Ivano Bison Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis - Elizabeth Griffiths PART FOUR: SAMPLING, INFERENCE AND MEASUREMENT Introduction - W Paul Vogt and Malcolm Williams Respondent-Driven Sampling: Operational Procedures, Evolution of Estimators and Topics for Future Research - Cyprian Wejnert and Douglas Heckathorn Analyzing Longitudinal Studies with Non-Response: Issues and Statistical Methods - James Carpenter and Ian Plewis Statistical Inference for Causal Effects, with Emphasis on Applications in Psychometrics and Education - Donald B Rubin Automatic Item Generation: An Innovation for Developing Complex Cognitive Tests - Susan E Embretson and Heather H. McIntyre Convergence of Structural Equation Modeling and Multilevel Modeling - Rex B Kline Hierarchical Linear and Structural Equation Modeling Approaches to Mediation Analysis in Randomized Field Experiments - Keenan Pituch and Laura Stapleton