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Designing Social Research: The Logic of Anticipation

Published 16 November 2009
Norman Blaikie
Citations1,137

TL;DR

This paper focuses on the development of strategies for Answering Research Questions: Data Gathering and Analysis for Designing Social Research.

Abstract

List of Figures and Tables. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1 Preparing Research Designs. 2 Designing Social Research, 3 Research Questions and Purposes. 4 Strategies for Answering Research Questions. 5 Concepts, Theories, Hypotheses and Models. 6 Sources and Selection of Data. 7 Methods for Answering Research Questions: Data Gathering and Analysis. 8 Sample Research Designs. Postscript. Afterword. Appendix. References.