"The new edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry is, quite simply, the best treatise yet on the intersection of qualitative and quantitative methods. The book places causal-process tracing on a new foundation and provides a framework for skeptically evaluating natural experiments. …
Systematic data collection
by Weller, Susan C., Romney, Antone Kimball
fromQualitative research methods
"Introduces students to central ideas in chaos/complexity theories, then uses them as a way of investigating the nature of social research. Applies ideas from complexity theory to topics such as urban studies, education, and health, enabling readers new to the subject to appreci…
"This book is a unique examination of qualitative research in the social sciences. It explores the multiple roots of qualitative research in order to diagnose the current state of play and recommend an alternative"-- "This book is a unique examination of qualitative research in…
Most contemporary energy-related problems are social as much as they are technological. Yet typically, only scholars in a narrow range of social science disciplines engage in energy research. This book makes a case for a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to energy…
