Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Angelo Flynn is a senior Psychology lecturer at the University of South Africa.Sherianne Kramer is a Social Science lecturer at the Amsterdam University College.Sumaya Laher is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

"An important and interesting research that contains a broad range of chapters on qualitative and quantitative research designs in the global South an excellent resource for researchers." - Mary van der Riet, Psychology, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal "An innovative, fascinating and unique book The editors should be commended for their conceptualisation in bringing together this diversity of views; the contributors have written excellent, state-of-the-art chapters. It is a fine book and I recommend it highly!" - Desmond Painter, Department of Psychology, Stellenbosch University

• Tables and figuresPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Research as practice: Contextualising applied research in the South African context – Sherianne Kramer, Angelo Fynn and Sumaya LaherSection 1 Quantitative methodsChapter 2 Non-experimental research designs: Investigating the spatial distribution and social ecology of male homicide – Lu-Anne Swart, Sherianne Kramer, Kopano Ratele and Mohamed SeedatChapter 3 Longitudinal designs: The RANCH-SA study – Kate Cockcroft, Paul Goldschagg and Joseph SeabiChapter 4 Establishing factorial validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: A cross-sectional design – Malose Makhubela and Solomon MashegoaneChapter 5 Using the WAIS-III to illustrate test norming strategies for valid cognitive assessment: A non-experimental design – Ann B. Shuttleworth-EdwardsChapter 6 Quasi-experimental designs in applied behavioural health research – Brendon R. BarnesChapter 7 Experimental research: Randomised control trials to evaluate task-shifting interventions – Goodman Sibeko and Dan J. SteinChapter 8 Repeated-measures Factorial Design: Exploring working memory interactions in earworms – Thomas Geffen and Michael PitmanChapter 9 Q Methodology: Patterns of subjectivity in academic misconduct – Gillian Finchilescu and Saloshni MuthalSection 2 Qualitative methodsChapter 10 Systematic case study research in clinical and counselling psychology – David J.A. EdwardsChapter 11 Doing psychobiography: The case of Christiaan Barnard – Roelf van Niekerk, Tracey Prenter and Paul FouchéChapter 12 Narrative research in career counselling: The career construction interview – Jacobus G. MareeChapter 13 Interrogating grounded theory in meaning-making of voluntary medical adult male circumcision for HIV prevention – Lynlee Howard-PayneChapter 14 Feminist approaches: An exploration of women’s gendering experiences – Peace KiguwaChapter 15 The power of critical discourse analysis: Investigating female-perpetrated sex abuse victim discourses – Sherianne KramerChapter 16 Using ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study racial social categories in radio talk – Kevin A. WhiteheadChapter 17 Autoethnography: Locating the voice of the self in post-apartheid South Africa – Jeanette SchmidChapter 18 Genealogy in practice: Labour, discipline and power in the production of the South African mine worker – Brett Bowman, Ian Siemers and Kevin A. WhiteheadSection 3 Transparadigmatic methodsChapter 19 Transformative mixed methods research in South Africa: Contributions to social justice – Brendon R. BarnesChapter 20 Design research: Developing effective feedback interventions for school-based monitoring – Elizabeth ArcherChapter 21 Appreciative inquiry as transformative methodology: Case studies in health and wellness – Kathryn Nel and Saraswathie GovenderChapter 22 Photovoice methodologies for social justice – Shose Kessi, Debbie Kaminer, Floretta Boonzaier and Despina LearmonthChapter 23 Action and community-based research: Improving local governance practices through the community scorecard – Diana Sanchez-Betancourt and Elmé VivierChapter 24 Trends in social science research in Africa: Rigour, relevance and responsibility – Sumaya Laher, Angelo Fynn and Sherianne KramerContributorsIndex