<p><strong>Methods Exam Reading List </strong><br><strong>August 2016 </strong></p><p>Creswell, John. 2014. <em>Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods </em><br><em>Approaches</em>. Sage 94<sup style="top: -0.38em;">th </sup>edition). </p><p>Emerson, Robert, Rachel Fretz and Linda Shaw. 2011.&nbsp;<em>Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes </em><br>(Second Edition). Univ. of Chicago Press. </p><p>Ragin, Charles. 1987. <em>The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative </em></p><p><em>Strategies</em>. Univ.&nbsp;of California Press. </p><p>Liamputtong, Pranee. 2011. <em>Focus Group Methodology Principle and Practice</em>. Sage </p><p>Publishing. </p><p>Weiss, Robert. 1994. <em>Learning from Strangers: The Art and Methods of Qualitative Interview </em><br><em>Studies</em>. Free Press. </p><p>Chamblis, D.F. and Schutt, R.K. 2016. <em>Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of </em></p><p><em>Investigation. </em>Los Angeles: Sage. Chapter 11: Unobtrusive Measures. <br>Groves, R., F. Fowler, M. Couper, J Lepkowski, E. Singer and R Tourangeau. 2004. <em>Survey </em></p><p><em>Methodology</em>. Wiley </p><p>Maines, D.R. 1993. “Narrative’s Moment and Sociology’s Phenomena: Toward a Narrative </p><p>Sociology.” <em>The Sociological Quarterly </em>34(1): 17-38. </p><p>Pampel, F.C. 2000. <em>Logistic Regression: A Primer. </em>Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication. Small, Mario. 2011. How to Conduct a Mixed Methods Study: Recent Trends in a Rapidly </p><p>Growing Literature. <em>Annual Review of Sociology </em>37:57-86. </p><p>Tight, M. 2015. <em>Case Studies. </em>Sage Publications. </p><p>Corbin, Juliet A., and Anselm Strauss. 2015. <em>Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and </em><br><em>Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory</em>. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. </p><p>Lieberson, Stanley. 1985. <em>Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory</em>. </p><p>Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. </p><p>1</p><p>Ragin, Charles C., and Howard S. Becker. 1992. <em>What is a Case? Exploring the Foundations of </em></p><p><em>Social Inquiry</em>. New York: Cambridge University Press. <br>Stinchcombe, Arthur L. 1968. <em>Constructing Social Theories</em>. New York: Harcourt, Brace &amp; <br>World. </p><p>Symposium: Words, Narratives, Analyses, Agency. 2012. Main articles by Roberto Franzosi et al., and Michael White et al., followed by comments and rejoinders. Editor Tim F. Liao, <em>Sociological Methodology </em>42, American Sociological Association/Sage. </p><p>Znaniecki, Florian. 1934. <em>The Method of Sociology</em>. New York: Farrar &amp; Rinehart. (Focus on only the part relevant for Analytic Induction) </p><p>Liao, Tim F. 2002. <em>Statistical Group Comparison</em>. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. <br>New York: Wiley-Interscience. </p><p>Liao, Tim F. 2013. “Group Differences in Generalized Linear Models.” Pp. 153-166 (Chapter 9) </p><p>in <em>Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research</em>, edited by Stephen L. Morgan, New </p><p>York: Springer. <br>Logan, John R.&nbsp;2012. “Making a Place for Space: Spatial Thinking in Social Science.”&nbsp;<em>Annual </em></p><p><em>Review of Sociology </em>38:507-524. </p><p>Golder, Scott A. and Michael W. Macy. 2014. “Digital Footprints: Opportunities and Challenges for Online Social Research.” <em>Annual Review of Sociology </em>40:129-152. </p><p>Marin, Alexandra and Barry Wellman. 2011. “Social Network Analysis: An Introduction” Pp. <br>11-25 in <em>The Sage Handbook of Social Network </em>Analysis, Ed. John Scott and Peter J. Carrington. London: Sage Publications. </p><p>Lewis-Beck, Colin and Michael Lewis-Beck. 2015. <em>Applied Regression</em>. 2<sup style="top: -0.38em;">nd </sup>Edition. Thousand <br>Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. </p><p>Lofland, John and Lyn H. Lofland. 1995. <em>Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative </em><br><em>Observation and Analysis</em>. Boston: Wadsworth. </p><p>Melrose, M.J. 2001. “Maximizing the rigor of action research: Why would you want to? How could you?” <em>Field Methods </em>13:160-180. </p><p>Bryman, Alan. 2006. “Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Research: How Is It Done?” </p><p><em>Qualitative Research </em>6:97. </p><p>Geertz, Clifford. 1973. <em>The Interpretation of Culture</em>. New York: Basic.&nbsp;Chapter 1. Gangli, M. 2010 “Causal inference in Sociological Research,” <em>Annual Review of Sociology</em>. 36: <br>21-47. </p><p>2</p><p>Davidov. E. B. Meuleman, J. Cieciuch, P Schmidt and J. Billiet, 2014 “Measurement <br>Equivalence in Cross-National Research,” <em>Annual Review of Sociology</em>. 40:55-75 </p><p>Bollen, K. J. Glanville and G. Steklov. 2001 “Socioeconomic Status and Class in Studies of <br>Fertility and Health in Developing Countries,” <em>Annual Review of Sociology</em>. 27: 153-185. </p><p>Lamont, M. 2012. “Towards a Comparative Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation,” <em>Annual </em></p><p><em>Review of Sociology</em>. 38: 201-221. </p><p>Rowland, D. 2003 <em>Demographic methods and concepts</em>. Oxford University Press. </p><p>Yang, Y. and K. Land. 2013 <em>Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: New Models, Methods and Empirical </em><br><em>Applications</em>. CRC Press. </p><p>Ricketts, T. “Geographic information systems and public health,” <em>Annual Review of Public </em></p><p><em>Health</em>. 24:1-6. </p><p>Boardman, Jason D. 2004. "Stress and physical health: The role of neighborhoods as mediating and moderating mechanisms." <em>Social Science &amp; Medicine </em>58(12):2473-83. </p><p>Williams, M. and W. Vogt. 2011. <em>The SAGE Handbook of Innovation in Social Research </em><br><em>Methods</em>. Sage. </p><p>3</p>