SBS 428 SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY: Social Science Research Methodologies

Catalog - Qualitative Methods AND Research Methodology
Credo's Topic Page - Qualitative Research

Case Study
case study, n.  (a) a process or record of research into the development of a particular person, group, or situation over a period of time; this as a method;  (b) a particular instance or case that may be analyzed or used as an example to illustrate a thesis or principle. - "case, n.1." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Case Method AND Research Methodology
Credo's Topic Page - Case Study

Ethnography
ethnography, n. The systematic study and description of peoples, societies, and cultures. - "ethnography, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Ethnology Methodology AND Research Methodology
Credo's Topic Page - Ethnography

Interview, Unstructured
interview, n. 1. a. A meeting of persons face to face, esp. one sought or arranged for the purpose of formal conference on some point. - "interview, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Interviewing AND Research Methodology

Life History
life history, n. 1. The history or narrative of a person's life; a life story. - "life history, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Social Sciences AND Biographical Methods
Credo's Results List - Life History

Observation
observation, 7. a. The action or an act of observing scientifically; esp. the careful watching and noting of an object or phenomenon in regard to its cause or effect, or of objects or phenomena in regard to their mutual relations (contrasted with experiment). Also: a measurement or other piece of information so obtained; an experimental result. - "observation, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Observation (psychology) AND Research Methodology
Credo's Results List - Observation

Catalog - Statistical Methods AND Research Methodology
Credo's Results List - Quantitative Methods

Cluster Analysis
cluster, n. 3. a. A number of persons, animals, or things gathered or situated close together; an assemblage, group, swarm, crowd. - "cluster, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.

Correlation and Association
correlation, n. 1. c. In Statistics, an interdependence of two or more variable quantities such that a change in the value of one is associated with a change in the value or the expectation of the others; also, the value of this as represented by a correlation coefficient. So correlation coefficient or coefficient of correlation: a number between −1 and 1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or two sets of data; spec. the product-moment coefficient. - "correlation, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.

Statistics, Multivariate
statistics, n. 1. b. The systematic collection and arrangement of numerical facts or data of any kind; (also) the branch of science or mathematics concerned with the analysis and interpretation of numerical data and appropriate ways of gathering such data. - "statistics, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.

Regression Analysis
regression, n, 7. Statistics. The relationship between the estimated value of a dependent variable and the corresponding values of one or more independent variables. - "regression, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Regression Analysis
Credo's Results List - Regression Analysis

Social Network Analysis

Social Sequence Analysis

Surveys and Questionnaires
survey, n. 5. b. A systematic collection and analysis of data relating to the attitudes, living conditions, opinions, etc., of a population, usu. taken from a representative sample of the latter. - "survey, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.

Longitudinal Study
longitudinal, adj. and n. 4. Involving information about an individual or group at different times throughout a long period (obtained by repeated examination or by eliciting recall on one occasion). - "longitudinal, adj. and n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Social Sciences AND Longitudinal Studies
Credo's Results List - Longitudinal Study

Focus Group
focus group  n. Marketing and Polit. a representative group of people brought together so that their attitudes and opinions can be assessed through guided discussion, as part of a process of forming future policy or strategy. - "focus, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Focus Groups
Credo's Topic Page - Focus Group

Historical Method
historical method  n. a method of investigation in which the historical factors relevant to a particular situation or phenomenon are studied. - "historical, adj. and n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Discourse Analysis AND Research Methodology
Credo's Results List - Discourse Analysis

Interview, Semi-structured
interview, n. 1. a. A meeting of persons face to face, esp. one sought or arranged for the purpose of formal conference on some point. - "interview, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Interviewing AND Research Methodology
Credo's Results List - Semi-Structured Interview

Interview, Structured
interview, n. 1. a. A meeting of persons face to face, esp. one sought or arranged for the purpose of formal conference on some point. - "interview, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2016. Web. 3 May 2016.
Catalog - Interviewing AND Research Methodology
Credo's Results List - Structured Interview