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  1. Learn to write badly
    how to succeed in the social sciences
    Autor*in: Billig, Michael
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science postgraduates being taught to write poorly? What conditions adversely affect the way they write?... mehr

    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science postgraduates being taught to write poorly? What conditions adversely affect the way they write? And which linguistic features contribute towards this bad writing? Michael Billig's witty and entertaining book analyses these questions in a quest to pinpoint exactly what is going wrong with the way social scientists write. Using examples from diverse fields such as linguistics, sociology and experimental social psychology, Billig shows how technical terminology is regularly less precise than simpler language. He demonstrates that there are linguistic problems with the noun-based terminology that social scientists habitually use - 'reification' or 'nominalization' rather than the corresponding verbs 'reify' or 'nominalize'. According to Billig, social scientists not only use their terminology to exaggerate and to conceal, but also to promote themselves and their work

     

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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781139208833
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    RVK Klassifikation: MR 1100
    Schlagworte: Englisch; Sozialwissenschaften; Communication in the social sciences; Social sciences / Research; English language / Writing; Stilistik; Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten; Sozialwissenschaften; Textproduktion; Schriftliche Kommunikation
    Umfang: 1 online resource (viii, 234 pages)
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    Introduction -- Mass publication and academic life -- Learning to write badly -- Jargon, nouns and acronyms -- Turning people into things -- How to avoid saying who did it -- Some sociological things: governmentality, cosmopolitanization and conversation analysis -- Experimental social psychology: concealing and exaggerating -- Conclusion and recommendations

  2. Crafting scholarship in the behavioral and social sciences
    writing, reviewing, and editing
    Erschienen: 2015; © 2015
    Verlag:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York ; London

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781317659389; 1317659384; 9781315766089; 1315766086
    RVK Klassifikation: MR 1100
    Schlagworte: Social science literature / Editing; Social sciences / Authorship; Social sciences / Research; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; REFERENCE / Writing Skills; Social science literature / Editing; Social sciences / Authorship; Social sciences / Research; Sozialwissenschaften; Array; Sozialwissenschaften; Verhaltenswissenschaften; Wissenschaftliches Manuskript
    Umfang: 1 online resource (xvi, 205 pages)
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    Crafting Scholarship helps readers improve their writing and publishing success in academia. Framed within the context of the editorial and peer review process, the book explores writing, editing, and reviewing in academic publishing. As such it provides unique coverage of how successful writers work, how they manage criticism, and more. Examples from successful scholars provide helpful tips in writing articles, grants, books, book chapters, and reviews. Each chapter features tools that facilitate learning including Best Practices and Writer's Resource boxes to help maximize success, discussio

    Crafting scholarship: an introduction : Purpose and organization of Crafting scholarship ; The wherewithal: why write this book? Dramatis personae -- Part I. Writing for journals, grants and books : Writing journal articles : Quality of writing ; Clarity and precision in writing ; Crafting effective and successful manuscripts ; Introductions and problem statements ; Literature reviews ; Writing for editors and reviewers ; Reporting methods ; Reporting results ; Discussion and conclusions ; Titles and keywords ; Abstracts ; Qualitative research reports ; Impression management -- Writing theory and review : Theory development ; Research synthesis ; Searching the literature -- Writing book reviews : Types of reviews ; Are book reviews relevant? ; Elevating a brand of scholarship --

    Writing book proposals, books, and chapters in edited books : Why write books? ; Types of books ; Selecting a publisher ; Writing a book proposal ; Getting to the page ; Managing risk ; Contracts and production issues -- Part II. The experience of writing : Managing risk, criticism, and the drunken monkeys : Common experience across professions ; A risky business ; Managing the drunken monkeys ; Mindful writing practices -- Establishing successful writing practices : Scheduling writing time ; Intensive writing sessions ; Collaboration ; Chasing the muse: inspiration ; Prewriting ; Logging progress and setting goals ; Moderation and working to a deadline ; Managing criticism -- How successful writers work: place and ritual : Writing in place ; Structuring time and place ; Managing comfort ; Creating meaning: matching place, ambiance, and purpose ; The company we keep: writing in groups ; Ritual --

    Part III. Reviewing and editing : Crafting effective peer reviews : Purposeful reviews ; The elements of masterful and ineffective reviews ; The tone of reviews -- Communicating with editors ; Reviewing and writing for an audience ; Reviewing grant and contract proposals -- Editors and how they work : Acceptance rates ; Reliability, validity, and fairness in decision making ; Editorial decision letters ; Heavenly decision letters ; Earthly experience ; Responding to decision letters ; The ethics of editorial practices -- Appendices : Reuben Hill Awards ; Anselm Strauss Awards

  3. Research synthesis and meta-analysis
    a step-by-step approach
    Erschienen: 2009
    Verlag:  SAGE, Los Angeles [u.a.]

    Technische Universität München, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Zweigbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 9781412937054
    RVK Klassifikation: CM 3000 ; MR 2200
    Auflage/Ausgabe: 4. ed.
    Schriftenreihe: Applied social research methods series ; 2
    Schlagworte: Social sciences / Research; Sozialwissenschaften; Social sciences; Sozialwissenschaften; Forschung; Bericht; Literatur; Forschungsmethode; Dokumentation; Metaanalyse; Methode
    Umfang: IX, 269 S., graph. Darst.
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    Frühere Ausg. u.d.T.: Cooper, Harris M.: Synthesizing research. 1998

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  4. Seven rules for social research
    Erschienen: 2008
    Verlag:  Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ [u.a.]

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    Quelle: Verbundkataloge
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9780691125466; 9780691135670
    RVK Klassifikation: MR 2000
    Schlagworte: Social sciences / Research; Psychology / Research; Education research; Public health / Research; Qualitative research; Quantitative research
    Umfang: XIII, 257 S.
    Bemerkung(en):

    Literaturverz. S. [241] - 252

  5. Learn to write badly
    how to succeed in the social sciences
    Autor*in: Billig, Michael
    Erschienen: 2013
    Verlag:  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    Format: Druck
    ISBN: 9781107676985; 9781107027053
    RVK Klassifikation: AK 39580
    Schlagworte: Communication in the social sciences; Social sciences / Research; English language / Writing
    Umfang: viii, 234 Seiten, 23 cm
    Bemerkung(en):

    Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke (2016)

    Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 216-229

  6. Research synthesis and meta-analysis
    a step-by-step approach
    Erschienen: 2009
    Verlag:  SAGE, Los Angeles [u.a.]

    Freie Universität Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Quelle: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 9781412937054
    RVK Klassifikation: CM 3000 ; MR 2200
    Auflage/Ausgabe: 4. ed.
    Schriftenreihe: Applied social research methods series ; 2
    Schlagworte: Social sciences / Research; Sozialwissenschaften; Social sciences; Sozialwissenschaften; Forschung; Bericht; Literatur; Forschungsmethode; Dokumentation; Metaanalyse; Methode
    Umfang: IX, 269 S., graph. Darst.
    Bemerkung(en):

    Frühere Ausg. u.d.T.: Cooper, Harris M.: Synthesizing research. 1998

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  7. Writing essays and research reports in the social sciences
    Erschienen: 2005
    Verlag:  Thomson Social Science Press, South Melbourne, Vic.

    Technische Universität München, Universitätsbibliothek, Teilbibliotheken Garching
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    Sprache: Englisch
    Medientyp: Buch (Monographie)
    ISBN: 017012794X; 9780170127943
    Auflage/Ausgabe: 3. ed
    Schlagworte: English language / Rhetoric; Report writing; Social sciences / Research; Englisch; Sozialwissenschaften; English language; Report writing; Social sciences; Essay; Wissenschaftliches Manuskript; Sozialwissenschaften; Report
    Umfang: VI, 189 S., Ill., graph. Darst., 24 cm
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    Previous ed.: 1994