Rocking Qualitative Social Science - An Irreverent Guide to Rigorous Research

The inclusive, flexible alternative to rigid traditional advice.

List of contents

1. Introduction to Dirtbagging

2. Topo: What Exactly Are Qualitative Methods?

3. Picking Your Proj: Identifying Your Research Question

4. On Belay: Connecting Your Work to an Anchor

5. Mapping out the Route: How and When Research Design Matters

6. Starting on the Right Foot: Making and Justifying Your Case Selection

7. Flaking out the Rope: How to Check Your Sample

8. Bivvy Time: The Fieldwork Model of Data Collection

9. The Crux: Content Analysis, Analytic Memos, and Other Tricks

10. Placing Pro: Making Causal Claims with Qualitative Data

11. Living on the Sharp End: Dealing with Skeptics of Qualitative Research

12. The Sweeper

About the author

Ashley T. Rubin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i at M¿noa.

Summary

The inclusive, flexible alternative to rigid traditional advice.

Product details

• Authors: Ashley T Rubin, Ashley T. Rubin
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781503611399
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1139-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries