Book contents
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Strategies for Social Inquiry
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Overview
- 2 Current Practices
- 3 Contributions to Knowledge
- Part II Playing with Ideas
- Part III Playing with Data
- Part IV Playing with Theories
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A Surveys and Interviews
- References
- Index
2 - Current Practices
from Part I - Overview
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 October 2022
Book contents
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Strategies for Social Inquiry
- Finding Your Social Science Project
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Detailed Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Overview
- 2 Current Practices
- 3 Contributions to Knowledge
- Part II Playing with Ideas
- Part III Playing with Data
- Part IV Playing with Theories
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A Surveys and Interviews
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 surveys current practices. How do social scientists arrive at ideas for their work? How does the process of research unfold? How often does research end up in the dustbin (“file-drawer”)? What different intellectual trajectories are exemplified by the careers of social scientists? Using surveys and interviews, this chapter maps the lay of the land.
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- Finding your Social Science ProjectThe Research Sandbox, pp. 19 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022