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These examples have been chosen to illustrate something of the diversity of real world research
studies. They are not put forward as model exemplars of how to do it - nor as the reverse. All have
been found via an Internet search. Unless a particular study is of direct interest to you, it is by no
means crucial that you chase them up as the titles give an indication of the nature of the study.
Bungay, V., Malchy, L., Buxton, J., Johnson, J., MacPherson, D., & Rosenfeld, T. (2006). Life with
jib: A snapshot of street youth's use of crystal methamphetamine. Addiction Research & Theory,
Bushman, B. (2007). That Was a Great Commercial, but What Were They Selling? Effects of
Violence and Sex on Memory for Products in Television Commercials. Journal of Applied Social
Cornell, D., Krosnick, J., & Chang, L. (2006). Student Reactions to Being Wrongly Informed of
Failing a High-Stakes Test: The Case of the Minnesota Basic Standards Test. Educational
Eltiti, S., Wallace, D., Ridgewell, A., Zougkou, K., Russo, R., & Sepulveda, F. ... Fox, E. (2007).
Does Short-Term Exposure to Mobile Phone Base Station Signals Increase Symptoms in
doi:10.1289/ehp.10286
Knox, L., Guerra, N., Williams, K., & Toro, R. (2011). Preventing Childrens Aggression in
Immigrant Latino Families: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Families and Schools Together
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Lee, L., Lee, D., & Woo, J. (2007). Effect of Tai Chi on state self-esteem and health-related quality
of life in older Chinese residential care home residents. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(8), 1580-
1582. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02061.x
Paige-Smith, A., & Rix, J. (2011). Researching early intervention and young children's perspectives
- developing and using a listening to children approach. British Journal of Special Education,
Roberts, L., Lafta, R., Garfield, R., Khudhairi, J., & Burnham, G. (2004). Mortality before and after
the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey. The Lancet, 364(9448), 1857-1864.
doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17441-2
Seiter, J. (2007). Ingratiation and Gratuity: The Effect of Complimenting Customers on Tipping
doi:10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00169.x
South, J. (2006). Community arts for health: an evaluation of a district programme. Health
Thelwell, R., & Maynard, I. (2003). The effects of a mental skills package on repeatable good
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Note The simplest way of locating these references is just to copy the title (or DOI when available)
into a search engine such as Google. This typically gives you several different locations for the article.
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The following books are for the reader who feels the need to gain an appreciation of some current
controversies and concerns about social research. David Byrne, John Law, Nigel Mellor, Ian
Shapiro and Stephen Toulmin share the view that there is something seriously amiss with current
orthodoxies in social research and research methods. They suggest possible solutions. Van de
Vens engaged scholarship has a similar agenda to that of Real World Research. Finally,
something different from Kristin Luker and some advanced warnings and advice about 'when
Byrne, D. (2011). Applying social science. Bristol: Policy Press. Wide ranging critique of much
current social research. Argues that there is no such thing as a 'pure' science of the social, and
that the inevitability of taking an applied stance imposes obligations on researchers to challenge
Goldacre, B. (2014). I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that. London: Fourth Estate.
Pick of the journalism from a writer who is highly critical of bad science. As a reviewer says It is,
in essence, a series of worked examples of how to phrase, and then analyse, a scientific question
Jason, A., & Glenwick, D.S. (Eds.) (2012). Methodological approaches to community-based research.
Law, J. (2004). After method: Mess in social science research. London: Routledge. Presents a
stimulating and controversial argument about what went wrong with research methods. He
claims that we shouldnt be looking for clarity and precision as things in the real world are messy
- fluid, elusive, or multiple. Proposals are presented to reinvent research practice and politics to
Luker, K. (2008). Salsa dancing into the social sciences: Research in an age of info-glut.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. As a reviewer put it '... a charming and effective
manual on how to get through the research process with most of one's enthusiasm still intact'
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Mellor, N. (2009). The secrets of the doctorate: An introduction to messy method as a means of
engaging and practical account of the mess of uncertainty at the heart of research activity - and
how to live with it. Particularly relevant to those considering some form of action research and
Shapiro, I. (2008). The flight from reality in the human sciences. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press. Criticises many current practices and argues for problem driven social research rooted in a
realist philosophy.
Streiner, D. L. and Sidani, S. eds (2010). When research goes off the rails: Why it happens and
what you can do about it. New York, NY: Guilford. Some of the challenges you are likely to face
and the mistakes you may make. Very 'real world". Come back to it in times of trouble.
Toulmin, S. (2003). Return to reason. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Argues
complexity, in the approach to research - and against ideology, abstract theories and strict
rationality.
Van de Ven, A. H. (2007). Engaged scholarship: A guide for organisational and social research.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. Argues for research which is both rigorous and relevant to the
contemporary world. From the perspective of management research but generally relevant.
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