Questioning the Politics of Numbers
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-974739-9 (ISBN)
Questioning Numbers: How to Read and Critique Research is a critical companion for students in research methods courses in any of the social sciences. This book helps teach students how to read and critique research that employs numbers in the course of empirical argument. Author Karin Gwinn Wilkins provides a list of guidelines for reading research and also presents a critical approach to judging and using numbers in navigating and changing social worlds.
Illuminating the agendas and politics that can inform how research is conducted and interpreted, this text shows readers how to read and critique research contexts, research design, sampling strategies, definitions, research implementation, data analysis, and interpretation. It also provides strong pedagogical support, including key terms, review exercises, and end-of-chapter reflection questions.
A flexible supplement to more comprehensive research texts, Questioning Numbers helps students to become more critical consumers and producers of quantitative research across the social sciences.
Karin Gwinn Wilkins is a Professor in the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.
UNDERSTANDING NUMBERS; DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE PROCESSES; INTRINSIC VALUE; THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF RESEARCH; RESEARCH ILLUSTRATIONS; NUMERICAL LITERACY; KEY TERMS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; WHO PRODUCED THE RESEARCH?; RESEARCHERS' HOME INSTITUTIONS; FUNDING INSTITUTIONS; PERMISSION GRANTING INSTITUTIONS; WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH?; WHAT ARE THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS?; HOW IS THE RESEARCH JUSTIFIED?; WHY THE RESEARCH CONTEXT MATTERS; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; WHAT IS THE RESEARCH DESIGN?; WHAT ARE THE INTERNAL VALIDITY CONCERNS?; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN; QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL LONGITUDINAL DESIGN; CASE STUDY DESIGN; QUESTIONING RESEARCH DESIGNS; WHY RESEARCH DESIGN MATTERS; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; WHO OR WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE RESEARCH?; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; HOW ARE SUBJECTS SELECTED?; PROBABILITY SAMPLING; NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLING; WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF THE SAMPLE?; WHY SELECTION STRATEGIES MATTER; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; HOW ARE KEY CONCEPTS DEFINED?; HOW ARE VARIABLES OPERATIONALIZED FROM CONCEPTS?; WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT KEY VARIABLES?; MEASUREMENT; ASSESSMENT; WHY DEFINITIONS MATTER; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; HOW ARE DATA GATHERED?; HOW DO RESEARCHERS GAIN ACCESS TO DATA?; DECEPTION; VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION; INFORMED CONSENT; PUBLIC SPACE; HOW DO RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT THEIR OBSERVATIONS?; RECORDING OBSERVATIONS; CONFIDENTIALITY AND ANONYMITY; WHY RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT PATTERNS ACROSS VARIABLES?; SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; CAUSALITY; WHAT DO WE STILL NEED TO KNOW?; WHY ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION MATTER; KEY TERMS; REVIEW QUESTIONS; REFLECTION QUESTIONS; EXERCISE; GUIDELINE OF QUESTIONS; QUESTIONING THE RESEARCH CONTEXT; QUESTIONING THE RESEARCH DESIGN; QUESTIONING THE SELECTION STRATEGY; QUESTIONING KEY TERMS; QUESTIONING THE RESEARCH IMPLEMENTATION; QUESTIONING ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION; WHY THE POLITICAL CONTEXT MATTERS
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.1.2011 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 2 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 137 mm |
| Gewicht | 177 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Datenbanken ► Data Warehouse / Data Mining |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-974739-3 / 0199747393 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-974739-9 / 9780199747399 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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