Researching society and culture / edited by Clive Seale.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-342) and index.

Introduction / Clive Seale -- Selected issues in the philosophy of social science / David Lazar -- Developments in social theory / Paul Filmer ... [and others] -- Feminist methodology / Heather Brunskell -- Gender, ethnicity and fieldwork : a case study / Anne-Marie Fortier -- The history of the social survey / Fran Tonkiss -- Historical and comparative research / Josep Llobera -- Research and social policy ; Research and social theory / David Silverman -- Writing a research proposal / Moira Kelly -- Doing social surveys / Clive Seale and Paul Filmer -- Coding and analysing data / Clive Seale and Moira Kelly -- Statistical reasoning : from one to two variables ; Statistical reasoning : causal arguments and multivariate analysis / Clive Seale -- Using official statistics / Don Slater -- Qualitative interviewing / Clive Searle -- Doing ethnography / David Walsh -- Analysing cultural objects : content analysis and semiotics / Don Slater -- Analysing discourse / Fran Tonkiss -- Analysing conversation / David Silverman -- Analysing literary texts / Paul Filmer -- Reading and writing research / Les Back.