Mistakes that social scientists make: error and redemption in the research process
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St. Martin's Press
1996
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| Umfang: | IX, 150 S. |
| ISBN: | 0312120036 |
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| adam_text | Contents
About the Author viii
Acknowledgments and Dedications viii
A Note to Instructors ix
Introduction 1
Introductory Comments 1
How This Research Was Conducted 6
I. Mistakes: General Comments 9
1. Left Brain versus Right Brain Mistakes 9
2. Conjecture and Refutation 10
II. Preliminary to Research 13
3. Don t Start Research Too Early 14
4. Research Takes Longer Than Expected 15
5. Just Ask 16
6. Problems with Long Term Research
Projects 18
7. Search the Secondary Literature before Doing
Research 19
8. The Need to Pretest (A) 22
9. The Need to Pretest (B) 22
10. Take Pretests Seriously 24
III. Relating to Theory 26
11. Don t Get Stuck on Formal Definitions 27
12. Don t Take Responses at Face Value 28
13. Don t Trust Your Theoretical Assumptions 30
iii
iv Mistakes That Social Scientists Make
14. Don t Get Hung Up on Consistency 31
15. Examine Your Own Prejudices 32
16. The Need to Be Interdisciplinary 33
IV. Carelessness 35
17. Don t Forget Final Proofreading 36
18. Proofread Everything (A) 37
19. Proofread Everything (B) 38
20. Proofread Everything (C) 39
21. Proofread Everything (D) 40
22. Be Careful When You Take Credit 40
23. Be Careful with Language (A) 41
24. Be Careful with Language (B) 42
25. Computers Require a Different Level of
Proofreading 42
26. Be Careful When You Open Your
Mouth (A) 43
27. Be Careful When You Open Your
Mouth (B) 43
28. Be Prepared to Make Mistakes 45
V. Checking Sources 47
29. Distrust Official Sources 48
30. Secondary Sources Are Not Always Reliable 49
31. Western Sources Are Not Always Best 50
32. Read Materials in Original Language 52
33. Be Careful in Making Assumptions 53
34. Distrust Bureaucratic Agencies 54
35. Check Your Citations 56
VI. Creating and Maintaining Records 57
36. Document the Research Process (A) 58
37. Document the Research Process (B) 59
38. Don t Throw Away Research Materials (A) 60
39. Don t Throw Away Research Materials (B) 61
40. Don t Throw Away Research Materials (C) 62
41. Think Twice before Giving Up Research
Notes 63
42. Encourage Subjects to Maintain Their Files 65
Contents v
43. Hand Carry Important Documents 66
44. Make Backup Copies of Written Research
Materials 66
45. Make Backup Copies of Computer Records 67
VII. Collecting Information 69
46. Don t Let Lack of Resources Stop You 70
47. Don t Assume Your Elders Know
Everything 71
48. Supervising Research Assistants (A) 72
49. Supervising Research Assistants (B) 73
50. Supervising Students 74
51. Team Research Requires Leaders 75
52. Sometimes Interview Elites First 77
53. Carry Identification When Conducting Field
Research 79
54. Be Careful about What You Wear 80
55. Beware of High Tech Equipment 81
56. Experimental Designs without Experimental
Effects 82
57. Be Careful with Live Stimuli 83
58. Nonneutral Stimuli in Experiments (A) 84
59. Nonneutral Stimuli in Experiments (B) 85
60. Pay Attention to Nonverbal Cues in
Experiments 86
61. Problems with Randomization in
Experiments 87
62. Experiments Should Include Manipulation
Checks 89
VIII. Survey Research 90
63. Leaving Out Questions and Other Assorted
Blunders 91
64. Pay Attention to Detail in Mail
Questionnaires 93
65. Don t Always Adopt Scales Written
by Others 94
66. Mark Questionnaires Carefully 95
ri Mistakes That Social Scientists Make
67 State of the Art Errors in Questionnaire
Design 97
68. Pretest Questionnaires 98
69. Relate Indicators to Theory 100
70 Look beyond the Formal Questionnaire 101
71. Hiring a Survey Firm 102
72. It Is Not Always Obvious How to Choose a
Sample 103
IX. Dealing with Data and Statistical Analysis 105
73. Don t Have Too Much Faith in Your Data 106
74. Be Careful How You Deal with
Missing Data 108
75. Be Careful When Coding Data (A) 108
76. Be Careful When Coding Data (B) 109
77. Be Careful When Coding Data (C) 109
78. Be Careful in Creating Fractions 110
79. Don t Trust Someone Else s Computer
Programming 111
80. Be Careful in Making Imputations 112
81. Run Descriptive Statistics First (A) 113
82. Run Descriptive Statistics First (B) 114
83. Run Descriptive Statistics First (C) 114
84. Run Descriptive Statistics First (D) 115
85. Plot Your Variables First (A) 115
86. Plot Your Variables First (B) 116
87. Understand Your Technique before You
Use It (A) 117
88. Understand Your Technique before You
Use It (B) 119
89. Random Events Can Appear Significant 120
X. Research Ethics 122
90. Put Your Personal Concerns Aside 124
91. Issues of Confidentiality 125
92. Institutional Review Boards 127
Contents vii
XI. Working with Colleagues 129
93. The Role of Replication 130
94. Coauthors (A) 133
95. Coauthors (B) 133
96. Be Generous with Your Data 134
XII. Publish or Perish 136
97. Don t Overextend Yourself 139
98. Teachers Need to Do Research 140
99. Referees Don t Always Catch Mistakes (A) 140
100. Referees Don t Always Catch Mistakes (B) 141
101. Don t Depend on the Editors 142
102. Learn to Cut Your Losses 143
103. Pay Attention When You Resubmit Work 144
104. Don t Aim Too Low 145
XIII. Concluding Comments 147
Appendix 149
Letter Sent to Authors 149
An Appeal from the Author 150
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