| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Research.
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Social sciences -- Research. |
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Social sciences -- Fieldwork.
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Social sciences -- Fieldwork. |
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Social scientists -- Attitudes.
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Social scientists -- Attitudes. |
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Social scientists. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Hargittai, Eszter, 1973-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Research confidential. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2009 9780472050260 (DLC) 2009024926 (OCoLC)419263182 |
| ISBN |
9780472026531 (electronic book) |
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0472026534 (electronic book) |
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9780472070268 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0472070266 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780472050260 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0472050265 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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