Год выпуска: 1995 Издательство: Sage Publications Страниц: 224 ISBN: 0803977336
Описание
This accessible textbook introduces a range of key research methods that challenge psychology's traditional preoccupation with `scientific' experiments. The recent widespread rejection of conventional theory and method has led to the evolution of different ways of gathering and analyzing data. This book provides a lucid and well-structured guide to effective methods, containing a range of qualitative approaches (for example, semi-structured interviews, grounded theory, discourse analysis) alongside a reworking of quantitative methods to suit the changing picture of contemporary psychological research. In addition, a number of the chapters are explicitly concerned with research as a dynamic interactive process. The editors have assembled a group of internationally respected figures to steer the reader through the main stages of conducting a study using these methods. Rethinking Methods in Psychology is an essential text for anyone with an interest in how to do research in...
