An End to the Crisis of Empirical Sociology? by Linda McKie, ... - 9781138596313

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An End to the Crisis of Empirical Sociology?Trends and Challenges in Social Research\nAuthor(s): Linda McKie, Louise Ryan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138596313, 978-1138596313\nSynopsis\nResearch data are everywhere. In our everyday interactions, through social media, credit cards and even public transport, we generate and use data. The challenge for sociologists is how to collect, analyse and make best use of these vast arrays of information.\n\nThe chapters in this book address these challenges using varied perspectives and approaches:\nThe economics of big data and measuring the trajectories of recently arrived communities\nSocial media and social research\nResearching 'elites', social class and 'race' across space and place\nInnovations in qualitative research and use of extended case studies\nDeveloping mixed method approaches and social network analysis\nFeminist quantitative methodology\nTeaching qua.