Acknowledgements |
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Contributor biographies |
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Foreword |
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Introduction |
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Part I Reading, Reviewing and Reflecting |
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1 Research in the Social Sciences |
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2 Working with Literatures |
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3 Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge |
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Part II Listening, Exploring the Case and Theorizing |
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34 | (9) |
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53 | (8) |
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7 Interviewing and Focus Groups |
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61 | (8) |
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Part III Addressing Issues of Power and Researching for Impact |
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70 | (8) |
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9 Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research |
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78 | (8) |
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10 Queer Theory/Lesbian and Gay Approaches |
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86 | (8) |
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94 | (8) |
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12 The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations |
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Part IV Observing, Querying, Interpreting |
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113 | (8) |
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14 Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives |
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121 | (10) |
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131 | (8) |
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139 | (8) |
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17 Researching Online Practices |
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147 | (8) |
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Part V Identity, Community and Representation |
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18 Life History and Narrative Methods |
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157 | (9) |
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19 Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts |
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166 | (8) |
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20 Communities of Practice |
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174 | (8) |
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182 | (8) |
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190 | (9) |
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Part VI Quantitative Methods: Theories and Perspectives |
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23 The Practice of Quantitative Methods |
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201 | (11) |
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24 The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory |
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212 | (8) |
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25 Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data |
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220 | (11) |
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26 Differences and Relationships in Quantitative Data |
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231 | (10) |
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27 An Introduction to Statistical Modelling |
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241 | (16) |
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Part VII Quantitative Methods in Action |
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257 | (2) |
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28 Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry |
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259 | (8) |
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29 Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting |
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267 | (4) |
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30 Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress |
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271 | (5) |
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31 Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School |
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276 | (4) |
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32 Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology |
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280 | (5) |
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Part VIII Researching in Postmodern Contexts |
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285 | (1) |
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33 Deconstruction as a Method of Research |
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286 | (9) |
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34 From Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psycholanalysis |
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295 | (9) |
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35 From Structuralism to Post-Structuralism |
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304 | (8) |
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36 Feminism/Post-Structuralism |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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