Practicing and Presenting Social Research

by Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson

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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.

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Publisher
University of British Columbia
Subjects
Social Sciences, Social Work and Human Services
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Generating and Developing Original Research Ideas
  7. 1.1: The First Research Question is About You
  8. 1.2: A Note on Reflexivity and Positionality
  9. 1.3: Relational Accountability
  10. 1.4: Finding the Right Question
  11. 1.5: Evaluating the Question
  12. 1.6: Summary
  13. 1.7: Worksheet - Surveying the Universe of Potential Topics
  14. 2: Developing a Research Proposal
  15. 2.1: Introduction- the Question
  16. 2.2: Components of a Research Proposal
  17. 2.3: Writing Abstracts
  18. 2.4: The Body of the Research Proposal
  19. 2.5: Timeline
  20. 2.6: Summary
  21. 2.7: Worksheet - Writing the Proposal
  22. 2.8: Additional Resources
  23. 3: Ethics Review
  24. 3.1: Introduction- Reviewing Your Ethics
  25. 3.2: Do You Need Institutional Ethics Approval?
  26. 3.3: Getting Approval
  27. 3.4: Walkthrough of Each Step
  28. 3.5: Summary
  29. 4: Researching with Self-Care
  30. 4.1: Introduction- What is self-care?
  31. 4.2: Time Management
  32. 4.3: Rituals and Self-Care When Writing
  33. 4.4: Mindfulness
  34. 4.5: Working With a Supervisor
  35. 4.6: Peer Support
  36. 4.7: Imposter Syndrome
  37. 4.8: Summary
  38. 4.9: Additional Resources
  39. 5: Academic Writing
  40. 5.1: Introduction- Effective Academic Writing
  41. 5.2: The Basics
  42. 5.3: Many Genres, Many Masters
  43. 5.4: Eight More Tips For Every Analysis
  44. 5.5: Summary
  45. 5.6: Additional Resources
  46. 6: The Literature Review
  47. 6.1: Introduction- Literature Reviews –Daunting but Clarifying
  48. 6.2: Demystifying the Literature Review
  49. 6.3: Conducting the Review
  50. 6.4: Assuring Proper Citation and Writing the Review
  51. 6.5: Summary
  52. 6.6: Worksheet - The Literature Review
  53. 6.7: Additional Resources
  54. 7: Writing the Methods Section
  55. 7.1: Introduction- Why Methods?
  56. 7.2: Drafting the Methods Section
  57. 7.3: Summary
  58. 7.4: Worksheet - Writing the Methods Section
  59. 8: Data Collection
  60. 8.1: Introduction
  61. 8.2: Enhancing Data Quality and Overcoming Bad Data
  62. 8.3: Sampling
  63. 8.4: Collecting Primary Data
  64. 8.5: Collecting Secondary Data
  65. 8.6: Systematic Literature Reviews, Essays, and Theoretical Theses
  66. 8.7: Data Organization
  67. 8.8: Summary
  68. 8.9: Worksheet - Resolving Data Doubts
  69. 8.10: Additional Resources
  70. 9: Qualitative Data Analysis
  71. 9.1: Introduction- Learning to Swim in the Data
  72. 9.2: Transcribing and Coding
  73. 9.3: Other Strategies of Qualitative Data Analysis
  74. 9.4: Presenting Your Findings
  75. 9.5: Mapping Data- It's All 'Storylining'
  76. 9.6: Summary
  77. 9.7: Worksheet - Qualitative Data Analysis
  78. 9.8: Additional Resources
  79. 10: Quantitative Data Analysis
  80. 10.1: Getting Started- Cleaning Data and Establishing Procedures
  81. 10.2: Secondary Data Analysis
  82. 10.3: Types of Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation Format
  83. 10.4: Descriptive Statistics
  84. 10.5: Inferential Statistics
  85. 10.6: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
  86. 10.7: Student Testimonial- Data Visualizations with R
  87. 10.8: Correlations
  88. 10.9: Regressions
  89. 10.10: Drawing Conclusions From Your Data
  90. 10.11: Summary
  91. 10.12: Additional Resources
  92. 11: Writing the Discussion and Conclusion
  93. 11.1: Introduction- Data Analyzed, What Now?
  94. 11.2: The Contents of the Discussion
  95. 11.3: Writing Your Conclusions
  96. 11.4: Summary
  97. 11.5: Worksheet - Discussing and Concluding
  98. 11.6: Additional Resources
  99. 12: Presenting Your Research
  100. 12.1: Introduction- Speech!
  101. 12.2: Types of Conference Presentations
  102. 12.3: Applying to Conferences
  103. 12.4: Oral Presentations
  104. 12.5: Poster Presentations
  105. 12.6: Question Period
  106. 12.7: Summary
  107. 12.8: Additional Resources
  108. 13: Publishing Your Research
  109. 13.1: Introduction- Contemplating Publication
  110. 13.2: Understanding Peer-Review
  111. 13.3: Where to Submit?
  112. 13.4: Assessing the Journal and Improving Publication Success
  113. 13.5: Further Considerations for Journal Submission- Open Access, Cover Letters, and Predatory Journals
  114. 13.6: Some Tips for Good Writing Revisited
  115. 13.7: Receiving and Dealing with Decisions
  116. 13.8: Summary
  117. 13.9: Additional Resources
  118. Back Matter
  119. Index
  120. Glossary
  121. Detailed Licensing
  122. Detailed Licensing