Timeplan 2023 Vår - lærer Ana Luisa Sanchez Laws - Professor
Ana Luisa Sanchez Laws
Introduction to social research
Required readings:
*E* Mills, C Wright. “The promise”. In the Sociological Imagination
*E* Ellis, C. and Bochner, A.P. (2000) Autoethnography, Personal Narrative, Reflexivity: Researcher as Subject, in N.K. Denzin & Y.S. Lincoln (eds.), Handbook of Qualitative Research (2nd Ed.), p. 733-768.
*E* Smith, D. E. (1974). Women's perspective as a radical critique of sociology. Sociological inquiry, 44(1), 7-13.
Understanding methodology and designing research
Required Readings:
*T* Bryman, A. (2012) Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199588053
Chapter 1: “The Nature and Process of Social Research”, (pp.3-17)
Chapter 2: “Social Research Strategies” (pp. 18-77)
Chapter 5: “Getting Started: reviewing the literature”
Doing quantitative research
Required Readings:
*T* Bryman, A. (2012) Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199588053
Chapter 7: “The Nature of Quantitative Research” (pp. 159-182),
Analyzing quantitative data
Required Readings:
*T* Bryman, A. (2012) Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199588053
Chapter 15: “Quantitative Data Analysis” (p. 329-352)
Cumming, G., & Calin-Jageman, R. (2016). Introduction to the new statistics: Estimation, open science, and beyond. New York: Routledge.
*E* Poldrack, R. (2021) Statistical Thinking for the 21st Century. An open source textbook for statistics, with companions for R and Python. Stanford University. Available at: https://statsthinking21.org/
Formatting the thesis / Overall argumentation
How to write a good analysis and discussion
What assessors are looking for
Interviewing in Qualitative Research
Required Readings:
*T* Bryman. A. (2012) “Interviewing in qualitative research” in Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199588053 Chapter 20 pp. 469- 499 (30p).
*C* Hennink M., Hutter, I. and Bailey A. (2011) “Observation” in Qualitative Research Methods. London: SagePublications Ltd. Chapter 8 pp.169-193 (24 pp)
*E* de Guevara, B. and Poopuu, B. (2020) “Preparing for Fieldwork Interviews” in Mac Ginty, R., Brett, R. and Vogel, B. (eds) The companion to peace and conflict fieldwork. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 5
Documents as data sources (1)
Required Readings:
*T* Bryman. A. (2012) “Documents as sources of data” in Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 9780199588053
Chapter 23 pp. 543-562 (19p)
*C* Tonkiss, F. (2018) in Seale, C. (ed.) “Discourse Analysis” in Researching Society and Culture (4th ed). London:Sage Publications Ltd. Chapter 23 pp.405-423 (18pp) ISBN 9781849207980
*E* Elliot, J. (2005) “Narrative and New Developments in the Social Sciences” in Using Narrative in Social Research. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Sage Publications Ltd. Chapter 1 (15 pp) ISBN 1412900409
*C* Gidley, B. (2012/2018) “Doing historical and documentary research” in Seale, C. (ed.) Researching Society and Culture. London: Sage Publications Ltd. Chapter 15 pp261-281 (pp20)
Documents as data sources (2)
Required Readings:
*T* Bryman. A. (2012) “Documents as sources of data” in Social Research Methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 9780199588053
Chapter 23 pp. 543-562 (19p)
*C* Tonkiss, F. (2018) in Seale, C. (ed.) “Discourse Analysis” in Researching Society and Culture (4th ed). London:Sage Publications Ltd. Chapter 23 pp.405-423 (18pp) ISBN 9781849207980
*E* Elliot, J. (2005) “Narrative and New Developments in the Social Sciences” in Using Narrative in Social Research. Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches. London: Sage Publications Ltd. Chapter 1 (15 pp) ISBN 1412900409
*C* Gidley, B. (2012/2018) “Doing historical and documentary research” in Seale, C. (ed.) Researching Society and Culture. London: Sage Publications Ltd. Chapter 15 pp261-281 (pp20)
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