Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Edited by Theodoros Iosifides

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Encompassing theoretical, epistemological, and methodological strategies and approaches, this Concise Encyclopedia provides an interdisciplinary overview of social science research methods.

Keywords: Social Research Methods; Research Methodology; Qualitative Methods; Quantitative Methods; Mixed Methods; Social Theory And Epistemology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781803921297
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Agent-based modelling

Leonardo Bargigli, Luca Riccetti, Alberto Russo and Nicola Visonà

Ch 2 Arts-based research

Margrit Schreier and Nicole Weydmann

Ch 3 Coding qualitative data

Philip Adu

Ch 4 Critical realism

John Michael Roberts

Ch 5 Critical realism methods

Michalis Christodoulou

Ch 6 Dialectics and research methods in social sciences

Manolis Dafermos

Ch 7 Digital ethnography

Georgios Chatzichristos

Ch 8 Discourse analysis

Eleftheria Tseliou and Filippos Tentolouris

Ch 9 Epistemology of social sciences

Nikos Nagopoulos

Ch 10 Experimental ethnographic methods

Carlos Diz and Eleder Piñeiro Aguiar

Ch 11 Experiments in social research

Petros Roussos

Ch 12 FAIR data

Dimitra Kondyli

Ch 13 Focus groups

Jackie Waterfield and Julius Sim

Ch 14 Focused ethnography

Leanne M. Kelly

Ch 15 Grounded theory

Giorgos Tsiolis

Ch 16 Homelessness research

Vassilis P. Arapoglou and Ioanna Gouseti

Ch 17 Longitudinal research

Emanuela Sala and Daniele Zaccaria

Ch 18 Mapping methods for the social sciences

Dounia Salamé and Luce Beeckmans

Ch 19 Methodological nationalism

Kyriakos Bonidis

Ch 20 Methods in demography

Pavlos Baltas

Ch 21 Methods in economic geography

Elias A. Kourliouros

Ch 22 Militant research in the social sciences

Charalampos Tsavdaroglou

Ch 23 Mixed methods

Theodoros Iosifides

Ch 24 New materialisms and social research methodology

Nick J. Fox

Ch 25 Oral history methods

Christos Chrysanthopoulos and Eleni Kyramargiou

Ch 26 Phenomenology and social research

Henrik Gert Larsen

Ch 27 Positivism and social sciences

Tryfonas Lemontzoglou

Ch 28 Postmodern methods (and techniques)

Lila Leontidou

Ch 29 Pragmatism for social research

Leanne M. Kelly and Maya Cordeiro

Ch 30 Qualitative content analysis

Margrit Schreier

Ch 31 Qualitative data analysis software in the era of artificial intelligence

Loukia-Maria Fratsea

Ch 32 Qualitative interviewing

Kathryn Roulston

Ch 33 Qualitative social research

Theodoros Iosifides

Ch 34 Quantitative methods in social research

Eleni Gaki

Ch 35 Rank-size analysis: a methodological view

Roy Cerqueti and Marcel Ausloos

Ch 36 Realist evaluation

Ana Manzano

Ch 37 Reflexivity in social research

Nicole Brown

Ch 38 Regression analysis

Sotirios Koukoulas

Ch 39 Research ethics

Manos Savvakis

Ch 40 Research methods in economics

Martin Paldam

Ch 41 Research methods in rural studies

Apostolos G. Papadopoulos

Ch 42 Research methods in urban segregation

Thomas Maloutas and Vassilis P. Arapoglou

Ch 43 Social constructionism

Anna Traianou and Martyn Hammersley

Ch 44 Structural equation models

Alessandro Magrini

Ch 45 Survey research

Jung-Sook Lee

Ch 46 Visual methods

Paula González Granados and Ana Lucía Hernández Cordero

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