Research confidential solutions to problems most social scientists pretend they never have / Eszter Hargittai, editor.

Other author Hargittai, Eszter, 1973-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press,
Descriptionix, 300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Contents Introduction : Doing empirical social science research / Eszter Hargittai -- Spit, sweat, and tears : gathering biological data in naturalistic settings / Emma K. Adam, Leah D. Doane, and Kathryn Mendelsohn -- Field experiments for studies of discrimination / Devah Pager -- Part of the community / Laura Clawson -- The challenges of in-depth interviewing with disadvantaged respondents / Joan Walling -- Online survey : instant publication, instant mistake, all of the above / Gina Walejko -- Herding cats online : real studies of virtual communities / Dmitri Williams and Li Xiong -- How technical is technology research? Acquiring and deploying technical knowledge in social research projects / Christian Sandvig -- On unexpected events : navigating the sudden research opportunity of 9/11 / Karen Albright -- WAT R U DOIN? Studying the thumb generation using text messaging / Eszter Hargittai and Chris Karr -- Giving mega attention to macro research : the rewards and challenges of quantitative cross-national data collection and analysis / Nina Bandelj -- Secondary analysis of large social surveys / Jeremy Freese -- Doing archival research : how to find a needle in a haystack / Jason Gallo.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2009024926
ISBN9780472070268 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0472070266 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780472050260 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0472050265 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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