McKenzie, George; Powell, Jane; Usher, Robin

• The age of reason or the age of innocence?. Part 1 The nature of the inquiry: telling a story about research and researcher story telling; challenging the power of rationality; becoming economical with politics; family behaviour and the economic method. Part 2 The nature of disciplines: research with discipline of information systems; nursing research - social science?; the case for research into practice; deconstructing statistical questions. Part 3 Research practice: researching social work and social care policies; qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis; grounded theory - its basis, rationale and procedures; action research in information systems; issues in participant observation; enigma variations - uncertainty in social and economic research.

McKenzie, George; Powell, Jane; Usher, Robin

• The age of reason or the age of innocence?. Part 1 The nature of the inquiry: telling a story about research and researcher story telling; challenging the power of rationality; becoming economical with politics; family behaviour and the economic method. Part 2 The nature of disciplines: research with discipline of information systems; nursing research - social science?; the case for research into practice; deconstructing statistical questions. Part 3 Research practice: researching social work and social care policies; qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis; grounded theory - its basis, rationale and procedures; action research in information systems; issues in participant observation; enigma variations - uncertainty in social and economic research.

McKenzie, George; Powell, Jane; Usher, Robin

• The age of reason or the age of innocence?. Part 1 The nature of the inquiry: telling a story about research and researcher story telling; challenging the power of rationality; becoming economical with politics; family behaviour and the economic method. Part 2 The nature of disciplines: research with discipline of information systems; nursing research - social science?; the case for research into practice; deconstructing statistical questions. Part 3 Research practice: researching social work and social care policies; qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis; grounded theory - its basis, rationale and procedures; action research in information systems; issues in participant observation; enigma variations - uncertainty in social and economic research.