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Doing research : methods of inquiry for conflict analysis / Daniel Druckman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2005.Description: xv, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780761927792
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 DRU
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Contents:
Why do research? -- Getting started to do research -- Designing experiments and conducting simulations -- Evaluating data from experiments : methods of analysis -- Survey research / Scott Keeter -- Enhanced-case and time series analyses -- Comparative case study approaches -- Ethnographic methods / Linda J. Seligmann -- Content analysis -- Narrative analysis / Linda M. Johnston -- Evaluation research -- Research for action and consulting.
Summary: "Doing Research: Methods of Inquiry for Conflict Analysis is the first research methods text devoted to conflict analysis and resolution. It begins with a discussion of the philosophical foundations for doing research, providing guidelines on how to develop research questions and how these questions can be addressed with various methodologies. The book presents a wide-ranging treatment of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the design and analysis of problems of conflict."
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Includes bibliographical references (p.351-366) and index.

Why do research? -- Getting started to do research -- Designing experiments and conducting simulations -- Evaluating data from experiments : methods of analysis -- Survey research / Scott Keeter -- Enhanced-case and time series analyses -- Comparative case study approaches -- Ethnographic methods / Linda J. Seligmann -- Content analysis -- Narrative analysis / Linda M. Johnston -- Evaluation research -- Research for action and consulting.

"Doing Research: Methods of Inquiry for Conflict Analysis is the first research methods text devoted to conflict analysis and resolution. It begins with a discussion of the philosophical foundations for doing research, providing guidelines on how to develop research questions and how these questions can be addressed with various methodologies. The book presents a wide-ranging treatment of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the design and analysis of problems of conflict."

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