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Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It

Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It

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"Tricks of the Trade" will help students think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sound advice, students will be able to make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. Becker's tricks cover four broad areas of social science: The creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data, the development of "concepts" to organize findings, and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple suggestions such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for justification) to more technical advice such as how to manipulate truth tables.

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BrandUniversity of Chicago Press
Pub dateJan 19, 1998
ISBN-100226041247
ISBN-139780226041247
LanguageEnglish
Paperback239.0 pages
Dimensions8.5 × 0.7 × 5.5 in
Weight1 lb
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