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
- Part II Playing with Ideas
- Part III Playing with Data
- 6 Case Selection
- 7 Soaking and Poking
- Part IV Playing with Theories
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A Surveys and Interviews
- References
- Index
7 - Soaking and Poking
from Part III - Playing with Data
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
- Part II Playing with Ideas
- Part III Playing with Data
- 6 Case Selection
- 7 Soaking and Poking
- Part IV Playing with Theories
- Part V Conclusions
- Appendix A Surveys and Interviews
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 7 lays out methods for soaking and poking, which we categorize broadly as (a) ethnographic, (b) archival, or (c) statistical. These techniques may be focused on a chosen case, on many cases, or may be enlisted in situations where cases are not well-identified.
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- Finding your Social Science ProjectThe Research Sandbox, pp. 150 - 178Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022