Overview

Becoming a Social Science Researcher is designed to help aspiring social scientists, including credentialed scholars, understand the formidable complexities of the research process. Instead of explaining specific research techniques, it concentrates on the philosophical, sociological, and psychological dimensions of social research. These dimensions have received little coverage in guides written for social science researchers, but they are arguably even more important than particular analytical techniques. Truly sophisticated social science scholarship requires that researchers understand the intellectual and social contexts in which they collect and interpret information. While social science training in US graduate schools has become more systematic over the past two decades, graduate training and published guidance still fall short in addressing this fundamental need.

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Author:   Bruce Parrott
Publisher:   The University of Michigan Press
Imprint:   The University of Michigan Press
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780472055982

ISBN 10:   0472055984
Pages:   330
Publication Date:   28 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Tables and Illustrations I. Preview Why You Should Read This Book Chapter Summaries II. The Context of Your Quest 1. Perception and Misperception in Life and Scholarship 2. Social Science and History 3. Scholarship as Social Process and as Politics 4. Progress in Social Science—Real and Imaginary 5. Dimensions of Social Science III. Your Quest: Weighing Intellectual Choices 6. Building Faculty Relationships and Preparing for Your Doctoral Exams 7. Choosing Research Problems: Personal Values and Disciplinary Agendas 8. Concept Formation—The Heart of Analytical Thought 9. Hypotheses, Theories, and Research Designs 10. Case Studies and Comparative Methods 11. The Logics of Explanation IV. Your Quest: From Planning to Finishing 12. Planning the Project and Writing Your Prospectus 13. Mapping Research Resources and Gathering Evidence 14. Producing a Draft 15. Through the Jungle: Guiding Your Reader (and Yourself) 16. Getting to Go: Revising and Defending 17. Your Choices and Your Futures “On the Meaning of Education” Information on the Supplementary Website Acknowledgments

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Becoming a Social Science Researcher makes the dual contribution of being profound about philosophical matters and being a great how-to manual for helping graduate students launch their careers.""—George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley

Becoming a Social Science Researcher makes the dual contribution of being profound about philosophical matters and being a great how-to manual for helping graduate students launch their careers. --George Breslauer, University of California, Berkeley--George Breslauer

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Bruce Parrott is Professor Emeritus of Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

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