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The Case for Case Studies : Methods and Applications in International Develop…
This book seeks to narrow two gaps: first, between the widespread use of case studies and their frequently 'loose' methodological moorings; and second, between the scholarly community advancing methodological frontiers in case study research and the users of case studies in development policy and practice. It draws on the contributors' collective experience at this nexus, but the underlying iss…
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- 9781108688253
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- xiii, 330 p
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- 300.72 CAS J
Sequence analysis and related approaches : innovative methods and applications
This open access book provides innovative methods and original applications of sequence analysis (SA) and related methods for analysing longitudinal data describing life trajectories such as professional careers, family paths, the succession of health statuses, or the time use. The applications as well as the methodological contributions proposed in this book pay special attention to the combin…
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- 9783319954202
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- xii, 298p. : ill.
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- 001.42 SEQ s
Interpretive social research : an introduction
This volume is a clear introduction to methods of data collection and analysis in the social sciences, with a special focus on interpretive methods based on a logic of discovering hypotheses and grounded theories. The chief methods presented are participant observation, open interviews and biographical case reconstruction. The special advantages of interpretive methods, as against other qualita…
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- 9783863953744
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- 246p. : ill.
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- 301 ROS i
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