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Practicing and Presenting Social Research

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Practicing and Presenting Social Research

This open-access textbook is for those who want to write exemplary social research. It provides an extensive outline of each step of the research process: outlining practical tools for conceptualizing its beginnings, generating proposals, getting ethics approval, relaxing from the stresses of research, writing academically, conducting a literature review, drafting a methods section, collecting the right data, formulating the findings, and sharing the results.

Social Work and Human ServicesSocial Sciences
Author
Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 112 sections
  1. 01: Generating and Developing Original Research Ideas
  2. 1.01: The First Research Question is About You
  3. 1.02: A Note on Reflexivity and Positionality
  4. 1.03: Relational Accountability
  5. 1.04: Finding the Right Question
  6. 1.05: Evaluating the Question
  7. 1.06: Summary
  8. 1.07: Worksheet - Surveying the Universe of Potential Topics
  9. 02: Developing a Research Proposal
  10. 2.01: Introduction- the Question
  11. 2.02: Components of a Research Proposal
  12. 2.03: Writing Abstracts
  13. 2.04: The Body of the Research Proposal
  14. 2.05: Timeline
  15. 2.06: Summary
  16. 2.07: Worksheet - Writing the Proposal
  17. 2.08: Additional Resources
  18. 03: Ethics Review
  19. 3.01: Introduction- Reviewing Your Ethics
  20. 3.02: Do You Need Institutional Ethics Approval
  21. 3.03: Getting Approval
  22. 3.04: Walkthrough of Each Step
  23. 3.05: Summary
  24. 04: Researching with Self-Care
  25. 4.01: Introduction- What is self-care
  26. 4.02: Time Management
  27. 4.03: Rituals and Self-Care When Writing
  28. 4.04: Mindfulness
  29. 4.05: Working With a Supervisor
  30. 4.06: Peer Support
  31. 4.07: Imposter Syndrome
  32. 4.08: Summary
  33. 4.09: Additional Resources
  34. 05: Academic Writing
  35. 5.01: Introduction- Effective Academic Writing
  36. 5.02: The Basics
  37. 5.03: Many Genres Many Masters
  38. 5.04: Eight More Tips For Every Analysis
  39. 5.05: Summary
  40. 5.06: Additional Resources
  41. 06: The Literature Review
  42. 6.01: Introduction- Literature Reviews Daunting but Clarifying
  43. 6.02: Demystifying the Literature Review
  44. 6.03: Conducting the Review
  45. 6.04: Assuring Proper Citation and Writing the Review
  46. 6.05: Summary
  47. 6.06: Worksheet - The Literature Review
  48. 6.07: Additional Resources
  49. 07: Writing the Methods Section
  50. 7.01: Introduction- Why Methods
  51. 7.02: Drafting the Methods Section
  52. 7.03: Summary
  53. 7.04: Worksheet - Writing the Methods Section
  54. 08: Data Collection
  55. 8.01: Introduction
  56. 8.02: Enhancing Data Quality and Overcoming Bad Data
  57. 8.03: Sampling
  58. 8.04: Collecting Primary Data
  59. 8.05: Collecting Secondary Data
  60. 8.06: Systematic Literature Reviews Essays and Theoretical Theses
  61. 8.07: Data Organization
  62. 8.08: Summary
  63. 8.09: Worksheet - Resolving Data Doubts
  64. 8.10: Additional Resources
  65. 09: Qualitative Data Analysis
  66. 9.01: Introduction- Learning to Swim in the Data
  67. 9.02: Transcribing and Coding
  68. 9.03: Other Strategies of Qualitative Data Analysis
  69. 9.04: Presenting Your Findings
  70. 9.05: Mapping Data- It's All 'Storylining'
  71. 9.06: Summary
  72. 9.07: Worksheet - Qualitative Data Analysis
  73. 9.08: Additional Resources
  74. 10: Quantitative Data Analysis
  75. 10.01: Getting Started- Cleaning Data and Establishing Procedures
  76. 10.02: Secondary Data Analysis
  77. 10.03: Types of Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation Format
  78. 10.04: Descriptive Statistics
  79. 10.05: Inferential Statistics
  80. 10.06: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
  81. 10.07: Student Testimonial- Data Visualizations with R
  82. 10.08: Correlations
  83. 10.09: Regressions
  84. 10.10: Drawing Conclusions From Your Data
  85. 10.11: Summary
  86. 10.12: Additional Resources
  87. 11: Writing the Discussion and Conclusion
  88. 11.01: Introduction- Data Analyzed What Now
  89. 11.02: The Contents of the Discussion
  90. 11.03: Writing Your Conclusions
  91. 11.04: Summary
  92. 11.05: Worksheet - Discussing and Concluding
  93. 11.06: Additional Resources
  94. 12: Presenting Your Research
  95. 12.01: Introduction- Speech
  96. 12.02: Types of Conference Presentations
  97. 12.03: Applying to Conferences
  98. 12.04: Oral Presentations
  99. 12.05: Poster Presentations
  100. 12.06: Question Period
  101. 12.07: Summary
  102. 12.08: Additional Resources
  103. 13: Publishing Your Research
  104. 13.01: Introduction- Contemplating Publication
  105. 13.02: Understanding Peer-Review
  106. 13.03: Where to Submit
  107. 13.04: Assessing the Journal and Improving Publication Success
  108. 13.05: Further Considerations for Journal Submission- Open Access Cover Letters and Predatory Journals
  109. 13.06: Some Tips for Good Writing Revisited
  110. 13.07: Receiving and Dealing with Decisions
  111. 13.08: Summary
  112. 13.09: Additional Resources