Online Social Sciences [Paperback]

Bernad Batinic (Editor), Ulf-Dietrich Reips (Editor), Michael Bosnjak (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0889372578 | ISBN-13: 978-0889372573 | Publication Date: June 15, 2002 | Edition: 1st

Ever more researchers in the social sciences and market research are interested in using the benefits of the Internet to obtain data, and as this book shows online studies can address many questions that are asked by social scientists. This text provides comprehensive information, from the basics upwards, about online research methods, technical approaches to data collection and the quality and limitations of data collected online. Included among the 23 chapters, written by leading online researchers from Europe and North America, are sections on the implementation of both reactive and non-reactive methods of data collection. The studies reported utilize Web-based questionnaires, Web experiments, observations of virtual worlds, case narrations, content analyses and analysis of mailing-lists and other log data. In addition to featuring various fields of research in the online environment and reporting the results of such studies, this book also seeks to bridge a gap between Internet scientists in Europe and the USA. In the past, researchers have tended to work on similar projects without collaboration: this book represents a joint effort among these researchers.

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Online research from an international perspective: the latest developments and techniques for social scientists and others interested in exploiting the opportunities the internet provides.

Product Details

• Paperback: 420 pages
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub; 1st edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889372578
• ISBN-13: 978-0889372573
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,879,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)