Using Biographical Methods in Social Research

by Barbara Merrill, Linden West

Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biographical methods, combining a consideration of theoretical issues with practical guidance. Barbara Merrill and Linden West consider important questions about what research is for, what makes it valid, to the practical business of interviewing, analyzing and writing up of biographical data. The authors draw on their sociological and psychological orientations to provide a truly interdisciplinary approach to the subject, and provide numerous examples of biographical research across the social sciences.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Stephen Bigger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Academic, research methodology. Lots of ideas for grounding. Recommended if you are interviewing, or involved in auto-biography