Understanding Social Research

Jennifer Mason is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Angela Dale is Director of the Census Microdata Unit and Professor of Quantitative Social Research at the University of Manchester.

• Creative Tensions in Social Research: Questions of Method - Jennifer Mason and Angela DalePART ONE: RESEARCHING RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONAL LIFEExperimenting with Qualitative Methods: Researching Family Resemblance - Jennifer Mason and Katherine DaviesUsing Psychoanalytic Methodology in Psychosocial Research: Researching Brothers - Stephen Frosh and Lisa Saville YoungUsing Biographical and Longitudinal Methods: Researching Mothering - Rachel ThomsonUsing Social Network Analysis: Researching Relational Structure - Nick CrossleyUsing Survey Data: Researching Families and Households - Angela DalePART TWO: RESEARCHING PLACE Ethnographies of Place: Researching the Road - Penny Harvey and Hannah Knox Using Sociotechnical Methods: Researching Human-Technological Dynamics in the City - Simon Guy and Andrew Karvonen Using Participatory, Observational and ′Rapid Appraisal′ Methods: Researching Health and Illness - Sarah Salway, Kaveri Harriss and Punita Chowbey Innovative Ways of Mapping Data about Places - Danny Dorling and Dimitris BallasPART THREE: RESEARCHING CHANGE Using Archived Qualitative Data: Researching Socio-cultural Change - Mike SavageWhat′s History Got to Do with It? Researching Sexual Histories - Jeffrey WeeksUsing Qualitative Methods to Complement Randomized Controlled Trials: Researching Mental-Health Interventions - Anne RogersExploring the Narrative Potential of Cohort Data and Event History Analysis - Jane ElliottUsing Longitudinal Survey Data: Researching Changing Health in Later Life - James Nazroo

Good overview of method.