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WITS University Press - Sherianne Kramer , Angelo Fynn , Sumaya Laher , Kevin A. Whitehead , Elmé Vivier , Roelf Niekerk , Lu-Anne Swart , Dan J. Stein , Ian Siemers , Goodman Sibeko , Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards , Mohamed Seedat , Joseph Seabi , Jeanette Schmid , Diana Sanchez-Betancourt , Kopano Ratele , Tracey Prenter , Michael Pitman , Kathryn Anne Nel , Saloshni Muthal , Solomon Mashegoane , Jacobus Gideon Maree , Malose Makhubela , Despina Learmonth , Peace Kiguwa , Shose Kessi , Debra Kaminer , Lynlee Howard-Payne , Saraswathie Govender , Paul Goldschagg , Thomas Geffen , Paul J.P. Fouché , Gillian Finchilescu , David Edwards , Kate Cockcroft , Brett Bowman , Floretta Boonzaier , Brendon Barnes , Elizabeth Archer

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Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented – a gap that this book starts to address. Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a comprehensive collation of original essays and cutting-edge research that demonstrates the variety of novel techniques and research methods available to researchers responding to these context-bo
Contents

Tables and figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Research as practice: Contextualising applied research in the South African context – Sherianne Kramer, Angelo Fynn and Sumaya Laher

Section 1 Quantitative methods

Chapter 2 Non-experimental research designs: Investigating the spatial distribution and social ecology of male homicide – Lu-Anne Swart, Sherianne Kramer, Kopano Ratele and Mohamed Seedat

Chapter 3 Longitudinal designs: The RANCH-SA study – Kate Cockcroft, Paul Goldschagg and Joseph Seabi

Chapter 4 Establishing factorial validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale: A cross-sectional design – Malose Makhubela and Solomon Mashegoane

Chapter 5 Using the WAIS-III to illustrate test norming strategies for valid cognitive assessment: A non-experimental design – Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards

Chapter 6 Quasi-experimental designs in applied behavioural health research – Brendon R. Barnes

Chapter 7 Experimental research: Randomised control trials to evaluate task-shifting interventions – Goodman Sibeko and Dan J. Stein

Chapter 8 Repeated-measures Factorial Design: Exploring working memory interactions in earworms – Thomas Geffen and Michael Pitman

Chapter 9 Q Methodology: Patterns of subjectivity in academic misconduct – Gillian Finchilescu and Saloshni Muthal

Section 2 Qualitative methods

Chapter 10 Systematic case study research in clinical and counselling psychology – David J.A. Edwards

Chapter 11 Doing psychobiography: The case of Christiaan Barnard – Roelf van Niekerk, Tracey Prenter and Paul Fouché

Chapter 12 Narrative research in career counselling: The career construction interview – Jacobus G. Maree

Chapter 13 Interrogating grounded theory in meaning-making of voluntary medical adult male circumcision for HIV prevention – Lynlee Howard-Payne

Chapter 14 Feminist approaches: An exploration of women’s gendering experiences – Peace Kiguwa

Chapter 15 The power of critical discourse analysis: Investigating female-perpetrated sex abuse victim discourses – Sherianne Kramer

Chapter 16 Using ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study racial social categories in radio talk – Kevin A. Whitehead

Chapter 17 Autoethnography: Locating the voice of the self in post-apartheid South Africa – Jeanette Schmid

Chapter 18 Genealogy in practice: Labour, discipline and power in the production of the South African mine worker – Brett Bowman, Ian Siemers and Kevin A. Whitehead

Section 3 Transparadigmatic methods

Chapter 19 Transformative mixed methods research in South Africa: Contributions to social justice – Brendon R. Barnes

Chapter 20 Design research: Developing effective feedback interventions for school-based monitoring – Elizabeth Archer

Chapter 21 Appreciative inquiry as transformative methodology: Case studies in health and wellness – Kathryn Nel and Saraswathie Govender

Chapter 22 Photovoice methodologies for social justice – Shose Kessi, Debbie Kaminer, Floretta Boonzaier and Despina Learmonth

Chapter 23 Action and community-based research: Improving local governance practices through the community scorecard – Diana Sanchez-Betancourt and Elmé Vivier

Chapter 24 Trends in social science research in Africa: Rigour, relevance and responsibility – Sumaya Laher, Angelo Fynn and Sherianne Kramer

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Social Science

Sociologie, société et politique

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Date de parution	01 février 2019
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Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Case Studies From South Africa
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Case Studies from South Africa
EDITORS Sumaya LaherAngelo FynnSherianne Kramer
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Contents
Tables, figures and box
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Research as practice: Contextualising applied research in the South African context
Sherianne Kramer, Angelo Fynn and Sumaya Laher
Section One Quantitative methods
2 Non-experimental research designs: Investigating the spatial distribution and social ecology of male homicide
Lu-Anne Swart, Sherianne Kramer, Kopano Ratele and Mohamed Seedat
3 Longitudinal designs: The RANCH-SA study
Kate Cockcroft, Paul Goldschagg and Joseph Seabi
4 Establishing factorial validity of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
Malose Makhubela and Solomon Mashegoane
5 Using the WAIS-III to illustrate test norming strategies in multicultural contexts: A demographically stratified sampling design
Ann B. Shuttleworth-Edwards
6 Quasi-experimental designs in applied behavioural health research
Brendon R. Barnes
7 Experimental research: Randomised control trials to evaluate task-shifting interventions
Goodman Sibeko and Dan J. Stein
8 Repeated-measures factorial design: Exploring working memory interactions in earworms
Thomas Geffen and Michael Pitman
9 Q methodology: Patterns of subjectivity in academic misconduct
Gillian Finchilescu and Saloshni Muthal
Section Two Qualitative methods
10 Systematic case study research in clinical and counselling psychology
David J. A. Edwards
11 Doing psychobiography: The case of Christiaan Barnard
Roelf van Niekerk, Tracey Prenter and Paul Fouch
12 Narrative research in career counselling: The career construction interview
Jacobus G. Maree
13 Interrogating grounded theory in meaning-making of voluntary medical adult male circumcision
Lynlee Howard-Payne
14 Feminist approaches: An exploration of women s gendered experiences
Peace Kiguwa
15 The power of critical discourse analysis: Investigating female-perpetrated sex abuse victim discourses
Sherianne Kramer
16 Using ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study social categories: The case of racial categories in South African radio talk
Kevin A. Whitehead
17 Autoethnography: Locating the self as standpoint in post-apartheid South Africa
Jeanette Schmid
18 Genealogy in practice: Labour, discipline and power in the production of the mineworker in South Africa
Brett Bowman, Ian Siemers and Kevin A. Whitehead
Section Three Transparadigmatic methods
19 Transformative mixed methods research in South Africa: Contributions to social justice
Brendon R. Barnes
20 Design Research: Developing effective feedback interventions for school-based monitoring
Elizabeth Archer
21 Appreciative inquiry as transformative methodology: Case studies in health and wellness
Kathryn Nel and Saraswathie Govender
22 Photovoice methodologies for social justice
Shose Kessi, Debbie Kaminer, Floretta Boonzaier and Despina Learmonth
23 Action and community-based research: Improving local governance practices through the community scorecard
Diana Sanchez-Betancourt and Elm Vivier
24 Trends in social science research in Africa: Rigour, relevance and responsibility
Sumaya Laher, Angelo Fynn and Sherianne Kramer

Contributors
Index
Tables, figures and box
Table 2.1
Descriptions of the 11 explanatory variables used in the factor analysis together with mean values and ranges for the 508 residential areas of Johannesburg
Table 2.2
Correlations for male homicide and neighbourhood characteristics in Johannesburg (2001-2005)
Table 2.3
Pattern matrix from the factor analysis with factor loadings for each contextual indicator
Table 2.4
Negative binomial regression results for neighbourhood characteristics on male homicide, Johannesburg (2001-2005)
Table 4.1
Factor matrix of the RSES
Table 4.2
One-factor model of the RSES structure: Goodness-of-fit statistics
Table 4.3
Structural path coefficients for the data
Table 4.4
Steps for multigroup analysis
Table 4.5
Goodness-of-fit statistics for tests of invariance of the RSES structure for blacks and whites
Table 5.1
WAIS-III and WISC-IV Index and IQ scores from two norming studies, stratified for race, first language, and level and quality of education
Table 7.1
Randomised controlled trial process
Table 7.2
CONSORT 2010 checklist of information to include when reporting a randomised trial
Table 7.3
Classification of RCTs
Table 8.1
All eight conditions showing randomised order
Table 8.2
ANOVA summary
Table 8.3
ANOVA means for self-reported INMI
Table 9.1
The data matrices for R- and Q-technique factor analyses
Table 9.2
Example of a Fisher block design applied to P-set selection
Table 9.3
Starting points for factor extraction based on the number of Q-sorts
Table 9.4
The seven centroid factors extracted in the academic misconduct study
Table 9.5
Extracts from the rotated factor matrix of the academic misconduct study
Table 9.6
Summary of the categorised Q-sorts
Table 9.7
Excerpt from the table giving prototypical Q-sort rankings of the factors
Table 9.8
Correlation between factor scores
Table 9.9
Factor characteristics giving reliability information
Table 9.10
Crib sheet for factor 3
Table 11.1
Data processing and analysis matrix
Table 12.1
Career construction interview
Table 14.1
A summary of differences among the three approaches to research
Table 20.1
Design Research phases
Table 20.2
Description of Design Research quality criteria
Table 20.3
Evaluator roles utilised during Design Research
Table 20.4
Quality emphasis per development stage
Table 20.5
Product- or intervention-optimised SAMP feedback system
Table 22.1
Definitions

Figure 2.1
Number of male homicide victims per neighbourhood, Johannesburg (2001-2005)
Figure 4.1
Hypothesised one-factor model
Figure 7.1
CONSORT flow diagram
Figure 8.1
INMI and working memory theoretical framework
Figure 8.2
ANT timing and stimuli
Figure 8.3
Leco gum interaction
Figure 8.4
Gum ANT interaction
Figure 9.1
Example of a Q-sort grid design
Figure 13.1
Example of the initial codes from preliminary interview with first participant
Figure 13.2
Straussian grounded theory process to evolve codes into categories
Figure 13.3
Schematic representation of the processes involved in axial coding
Figure 13.4
Selective coding process
Figure 13.5
Overview representation of substantive grounded theory on meaning-making of HIV prophylactic VMAMC in South Africa
Figure 18.1
Employment and human rights
Figure 18.2
Federation of South African Trade Unions National Union of Textile Workers pamphlet
Figure 18.3
Training native mine labour
Figure 18.4
Native labour control and conservation
Figure 18.5
GAB screws test
Figure 18.6
STB Kohs block test
Figure 18.7
Classification of African mineworkers jobs
Figure 18.8
Excerpt from aptitude tests for native labour on the Witwatersrand gold mines
Figure 18.9
Comparisons of non-mechanical, mechanical and supervisory workers
Figure 20.1
Cyclical nature of Design Research
Figure 20.2
Quality criteria for Design Research
Figure 20.3
Shift in evaluative criteria during the design process
Figure 20.4
The overall Design Research framework
Figure 20.5a
Evaluation matchboard A
Figure 20.5b
Evaluation matchboard B
Figure 20.6
Overall design
Figure 20.7
Design principles
Figure 21.1
Cyclical process of AI
Figure 21.2
Steps in the AI research process
Figure 21.3
Multimethod research design for a wellness programme
Figure 22.1
Photovoice impact model
Figure 22.2
Statue of Cecil John Rhodes on UCT campus
Figure 22.3
Being a lesbian is not a curse
Figure 22.4
Expectations to dress like a girl
Figure 22.5
Participant at an exhibition planning workshop
Figure 22.6a
Places where our kids play must be safe
Figure 22.6b
A story of rape
Figure 22.6c
The place that I stay at is dirty
Figure 22.7a
Polluted environment
Figure 22.7b
Writing o