Designing Social Research is a uniquely comprehensive and student-friendly guide to the core knowledge and types of skills required for planning social research. The authors organize the book around four major steps in social research – focusing, framing, selecting and distilling – placing particular emphasis on the formulation of research questions and the choice of appropriate 'logics of inquiry' to answer them. The requirements for research designs and proposals are laid out at the beginning of the book, followed by a discussion of key design issues and research ethics. Four sample research designs on environmental issues illustrate the role of research questions and the application of the four logics of inquiry, and this third edition includes new material dedicated to social research in a digital, networked age. Fully revised and updated, Designing Social Research continues to be an invaluable resource to demystify the research process for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Together with the authors' Social Paradigms in Action and Blaikie's Approaches to Social Enquiry , it offers social scientists an informative guide to designing social research.
طراحی پژوهشهای اجتماعی اثری روشن و دقیق دربارهٔ مرحلهٔ برنامهریزی و طراحی پژوهش است. کتابهای موجودِ روشهای تحقیق اجتماعی در ایران ــ اعم از ترجمه یا تألیف ــ همگی کتابهای عمومی روش تحقیق به شمار میآیند و بیشتر آنها از حد مطالب مقدماتی جلوتر نمیروند. به همین دلیل است که جای خالی کتابهایی که به تفصیل وارد بحثهای تخصصی تری دربارهٔ محورهای اصلی روش تحقیق شوند بهشدت احساس میشود. این کتاب مرور کاملی است به همهٔ مسائلی که دانشجویان و پژوهشگران و اساتید علوم اجتماعی در طراحی پژوهشها و رسالههای خود با آنها مواجه میشوند.
It's a nice study book. Every chapter starts with an overview/summary which I love in my study books. However, as for my course in the third year in uni, it felt very repetitive. But since I am starting my Bachelor thesis in a few weeks, I think it is nice to have had a recap about how to write a good paper.
Comprehensive as an introduction to research design, Blaikie engages deeply on selective critical issues around researching in social science. Up to date and thorough.