Elliott, Jane <br/><br/>
Using narrative in social research :  qualitative and quantitative approaches / 
Jane Elliott. 
 - London ;  Thousand Oaks :  SAGE,  2005. 
 - x, 220 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-216) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Narrative and new developments in the social sciences -- 2. Listening to people's stories : the use of narrative in qualitative interviews -- 3. Interpreting people's stories : narrative approaches to the analysis of qualitative data -- 4. Collecting quantitative narratives - a contradiction in terms? -- 5. Statistical stories? : the use of narrative in quantitative analysis -- 6. Uncovering and understanding causal effects and processes -- 7. Narrative and identity : constructions of the subject in qualitative and quantitative research -- 8. The ethical and political implications of using narrative in research -- 9. The researcher as narrator : reflexivity in qualitative and quantitative research -- 10. Telling better stories? : combining qualitative and quantitative research -- App. Details of some major longitudinal quantitative datasets. 
<br/><br/> This text presents an accessible introduction to narrative methods in social research. It is also an important text about the nature, role and theoretical basis of research methodology in general. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1412900409 (hbk.) 9781412900409 (hbk.) 1412900417 (pbk.) 9781412900416 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006618240 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research.<br/>Narration (Rhetoric)<br/>Discourse analysis, Narrative.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H62  / .E495 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300.72