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CORRUPT RESEARCH: The Case for Reconceptualizing Empirical Management
and Social Science
Raymond Hubbard, Drake University
Addressing the immensely important topic of research credibility, Raymond Hubbard's groundbreaking work proposes
that we must treat such information with a healthy dose of skepticism. This book argues that the dominant model of
knowledge procurement subscribed to in these areas—the signifi cant difference paradigm—is philosophically suspect,
methodologically impaired, and statistically broken. Hubbard introduces a more accurate, alternative framework—the
signifi cant sameness paradigm—for developing scientifi c knowledge.
CONTENTS 1. Introduction / 2. Philosophical Orientation - Signifi cant Difference / 3. Philosophical Orientation - Signifi cant Sameness / 4. The
Importance of Replication Research - Signifi cant Sameness / 5. The Importance of Replication Research - Signifi cant Difference / 6. Conception of
Generalization/External Validity / 7. Contrasts Over Statistical Issues / 8. Whither the Academy? / 9. Epilogue
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-0535-6 • ©2016 • 360 PAGES •
RESTARTING STALLED RESEARCH
Paul C. Rosenblatt, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Written for researchers and graduate students writing dissertations, this unique book offers detailed advice and
perspective on many issues that can stall a research project and reveals what can be done to successfully resume it.
The text guides readers through challenges such as clarifying the end goal of a project; resolving common and not-
so-common writing problems; dealing with rejection and revision decisions; handling diffi culties involving dissertation
advisers and committee members; coping with issues of researcher motivation or self-esteem; and much more.
CONTENTS 1: Problems in Deciding What the Research is About / 2: Restarting Your Writing / 3: Social Relationship Issues Connected to
Research Being Stalled / 4: Self of Researcher / 5: Stalled Because of a Shortage of Resources / 6: When to Quit
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-8516-7 • ©2016 • 216 PAGES •
TEXT MINING: A Guidebook for the Social Sciences
Gabe Ignatow, University of North Texas • Rada Mihalcea, University of Michigan
Online communities generate massive volumes of natural language data and the social sciences continue to learn how
to best make use of this new information and the technology available for analyzing it. Text Mining brings together
a broad range of contemporary qualitative and quantitative methods to provide strategic and practical guidance on
analyzing large text collections. This accessible book, written by a sociologist and a computer scientist, surveys the fast-
changing landscape of data sources, programming languages, software packages, and methods of analysis available
today. Suitable for novice and experienced researchers alike, the book will help readers use text mining techniques
more effi ciently and productively.
CONTENTS PART I: DIGITAL TEXTS, DIGITAL SOCIAL SCIENCE / 1. Social Science and the Digital Text Revolution / 2. Research Design Strategies
/ PART II: TEXT MINING FUNDAMENTALS / 3. Web Crawling and Scraping / 4. Lexical Resources / 5. Basic Text Processing / 6. Supervised
Learning / PART III: TEXT ANALYSIS METHODS FROM THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES / 7. Thematic Analysis, QDAS, and Visualization / 8.
Narrative Analysis / 9. Metaphor Analysis / PART IV: TEXT MINING METHODS FROM COMPUTER SCIENCE / 10. Word and Text Relatedness / 11. Text
Classifi cation / 12. Information Extraction / 13. Information Retrieval / 14. Sentiment Analysis / 15. Topic Models / V: CONCLUSIONS / 16. Text
Mining, Text Analysis, and the Future of Social Science
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-6934-1 • MAY 2016 • 208 PAGES • •
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100 ACTIVITIES FOR TEACHING RESEARCH METHODS
Catherine Dawson, Self-employed researcher and writer
A sourcebook of exercises, games, scenarios and role plays, this practical, user-friendly guide provides a complete and
valuable resource for research methods tutors, teachers and lecturers. Developed to complement and enhance existing
course materials, the 100 ready-to-use activities encourage innovative and engaging classroom practice in seven
areas: fi nding and using sources of information, planning a research project, conducting research, using and analyzing
data, disseminating results, acting ethically, and developing deeper research skills.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION / SECTION 1: FINDING AND USING SOURCES OF INFORMATION / SECTION 2: PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT /
SECTION 3: CONDUCTING RESEARCH / SECTION 4: USING AND ANALYZING DATA / SECTION 5: DISSEMINATING RESULTS / SECTION 6: ACTING
ETHICALLY / SECTION 7: DEVELOPING DEEPER RESEARCH SKILLS
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4739-4629-3 • SEPTEMBER 2016 • 384 PAGES •
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