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A typology of research methods within the Social Sciences

A typology of research methods within the Social Sciences
A typology of research methods within the Social Sciences
This paper discusses and develops a typology of research methods in the social sciences. Such a typology will be relevant for various aspects of the work of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) as well as other ESRC initiatives and the wider social science research community. It may be useful, for example, for the prioritisation of research methods, for defining the current focus of research, for the identification of needs for further training and research within certain areas and for a classification of research projects and funding schemes.
This paper describes other approaches to such a classification, in particular the thesaurus of social research methodology developed by the SRM-Documentation Centre at the University Rotterdam. It is apparent that there is not a unique classification scheme and that various approaches to such a classification are possible. Aims and possible uses of the typology developed here are discussed. Some justification for the chosen structure is presented. Difficulties encountered in the development of the typology are described.
research methods, typology, thesaurus, social sciences
University of Southampton
Beissel-Durrant, Gabriel
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Beissel-Durrant, Gabriel
14fcc787-2666-46f2-a097-e4b98a210610

Beissel-Durrant, Gabriel (2004) A typology of research methods within the Social Sciences (NCRM Working Paper) Southampton, UK. University of Southampton 22pp.

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This paper discusses and develops a typology of research methods in the social sciences. Such a typology will be relevant for various aspects of the work of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) as well as other ESRC initiatives and the wider social science research community. It may be useful, for example, for the prioritisation of research methods, for defining the current focus of research, for the identification of needs for further training and research within certain areas and for a classification of research projects and funding schemes.
This paper describes other approaches to such a classification, in particular the thesaurus of social research methodology developed by the SRM-Documentation Centre at the University Rotterdam. It is apparent that there is not a unique classification scheme and that various approaches to such a classification are possible. Aims and possible uses of the typology developed here are discussed. Some justification for the chosen structure is presented. Difficulties encountered in the development of the typology are described.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: research methods, typology, thesaurus, social sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 34817
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/34817
PURE UUID: 148cfbaa-b2b6-49ba-ae4b-347c6a37ce77
ORCID for Gabriel Beissel-Durrant: ORCID iD orcid.org/0009-0001-3436-1512

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Date deposited: 19 May 2006
Last modified: 18 May 2024 01:36

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