Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences - Research in an Age of Info-glut

Research in an Age of Info-glut

von Kristin Luker

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

¿You might think that dancing doesn¿t have a lot to do with social research, and doing social research is probably why you picked this book up in the first place. But trust me. Salsa dancing is a practice as well as a metaphor for a kind of research that will make your life easier and better.¿Savvy, witty, and sensible, this unique book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science. In this volume, Kristin Luker guides novice researchers in: knowing the difference between an area of interest and a research topic; defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature; mastering sampling, operationalization, and generalization; understanding which research methods best answer your questions; beating writer¿s block.Most important, she shows how friendships, non-academic interests, and even salsa dancing can make for a better researcher.¿You know about setting the kitchen timer and writing for only an hour, or only 15 minutes if you are feeling particularly anxious. I wrote a fairly large part of this book feeling exactly like that. If I can write an entire book 15 minutes at a time, so can you.¿

• ISBN: 9780674048218
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 10.04.2010
• Größe: 218 x 144 mm
• Verlag: Harvard University Press