Prior, Lindsay, 1947-

Using documents and records in social research / Lindsay Prior. - Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, c2003. - xi, 195 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col ; 24 cm. - Introducing qualitative methods .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prior (director, Cardiff University/University of Wales College of Medicine Health and Risk Program) introduces the investigation of the role and nature of documents in field research in this guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students across social science disciplines. She outlines questions to be considered before integrating the study of documents into a research project, and provides examples of a variety of research contexts where the analysis of documents is critical.



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Sociology--Research--Methodology.