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?You might think that dancing doesn?t have a lot to do with social research, and doing social research is probably why you picked this book up in the first place. But trust me. Salsa dancing is a practice as well as a metaphor for a kind of research that will make your life easier and better.?Savvy, witty, and sensible, this unique book is both a handbook for defining and completing a research project, and an astute introduction to the neglected history and changeable philosophy of modern social science. In this volume, Kristin Luker guides novice researchers in: knowing the difference between an area of interest and a research topic; defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature; mastering sampling, operationalization, and generalization; understanding which research methods best answer your questions; beating writer?s block.Most important, she shows how friendships, non-academic interests, and even salsa dancing can make for a better researcher.?You know about setting the kitchen timer and writing for only an hour, or only 15 minutes if you are feeling particularly anxious. I wrote a fairly large part of this book feeling exactly like that. If I can write an entire book 15 minutes at a time, so can you.?
- Autor/a Kristin Luker
- ISBN13 9780674048218
- ISBN10 0674048210
- Pàgines 336
- Any Edició 2010
- Fecha de publicación 10/04/2010
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences: Research in an Age of Info-glut (Alemany, Francès)
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- Kristin Luker
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- Harvard University Press (2010)
- 9780674048218



