Salsa dancing into the social sciences

Luker, Kristin.

Salsa dancing into the social sciences research in an age of info-glut / [electronic resource] : Kristin Luker. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - vi, 323 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [285] - 310) and index.

Salsa dancing? In the social sciences? -- What's it all about? -- An ode to canonical social science -- What is this a case of, anyway? -- Reviewing the literature -- On sampling, operationalization, and generalization -- Getting down to the nitty-gritty -- Field (and other) methods -- Historical-comparative methods -- Data reduction and analysis -- Living your life as a salsa-dancing social scientist.


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2009.
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Social sciences--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.


Electronic books.

H62 / .L7995 2008eb

300.72

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