This volume demonstrates the potential of mixed-methods designs for researching social networks and the utilization of social networks for other research. Mixing methods applies to the combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. In social network research, mixing methods also applies to the combination of structural and actor-oriented approaches.This edited volume demonstrates the potential of mixed-methods designs for the research of social networks and the utilization of social networks for other research. Mixing methods applies to the combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative methods. In social network research, mixing methods also applies to the combination of structural and actor-oriented approaches. The volume provides readers with methodological concepts to guide mixed-methods network studies with precise research designs and methods to investigate social networks of various sorts. Each chapter describes the research design used and discusses the strengths of the methods for that particular field and for specific outcomes.
Weiterführende Informationen
Serie / Reihe: Structural analysis in the social sciences 36
Personen: Domínguez, Silvia Hollstein, Betina
Standort: RÜD
MR 2000 D671
Mixed methods social networks research : design and applications / edited by Silvia Domínguez (Northeastern University), Betina Hollstein (Hamburg University). - First published. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014. - 373 Seiten : graphische Darstellungen. - (Structural analysis in the social sciences; 36)
ISBN 978-1-107-63105-2 kartoniert : EUR 40,95
Sozialwissenschaftliche Theorien und Methoden - Buch