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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784001003321

Titolo

Mixing methods in psychology : the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods in theory and practice / / edited by Zazie Todd. [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-66384-6

1-134-66385-4

0-415-18649-8

1-280-05918-4

0-203-68743-4

0-203-64572-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Classificazione

77.04

Altri autori (Persone)

ToddZazie

Disciplina

150/.7/2

Soggetti

Psychology - Research - Methodology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-240) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Theoretical and historiographical foundations; Introduction; Coming full (hermeneutic) circle: The controversy about psychological methods; Reinventing validity: Reflections on principles and practices from beyond the quality-quantity divide; Mixing it up; Discursive analysis and the interpretation of statistics; ""Structured judgement methods""--the best of both worlds?; Q methodology and qualiquantology: The example of discriminating between emotions; Examples of mixed method research

Valuing the ""value of life"": A case of constructed preferences?Method and methodology in interpretive studies of cognitive life; Integrating survey and focus group research: A case study of attitudes of English and German language learners; Mixed methods within the discipline; Educational psychology and difficult pupil behaviour: Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods?; Taking quality seriously: The case for qualitative feminist psychology in the context of quantitative clinical research on postnatal depression; Future directions; Further reading;



Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined effectively in psychology? What are the practical and theoretical issues involved? Should different criteria be used to judge qualitative and quantitative research?The acceptance of qualitative research methods in psychology has lead to a split between qualitative and quantitative methods and has raised questions about how best to assess the validity of research practice. While the two approaches have traditionally been seen as competing paradigms, more recently, researchers have begun to argue that the divide is artificial.<

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300548703321

Autore

Saga Shohei

Titolo

The Vector Mode in the Second-order Cosmological Perturbation Theory / / by Shohei Saga

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-8007-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 136 p. 11 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

521.4

Soggetti

Cosmology

Astrophysics

Gravitation

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral thesis accepted by the Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Basics of Cosmological Perturbation Theory -- Generation of Magnetic Fields -- Weak Lensing -- 21cm Lensing in the Dark Ages -- Summary of this Thesis.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis sheds valuable new light on the second-order cosmological perturbation theory, extensively discussing it in the context of cosmic microwave background (CMB) fluctuations. It explores the observational



consequences of the second-order vector mode, and addresses magnetic field generation and the weak lensing signatures, which are key phenomena of the vector mode. The author demonstrates that the second-order vector mode, which never appears at the linear-order level, naturally arises from the non-linear coupling of the first-order scalar modes. This leads to the remarkable statement that the vector-order mode clearly contributes to the generation of cosmological magnetic fields. Moreover, the weak lensing observations are shown to be accessible to the vector mode. On the basis of ongoing and forthcoming observations, the thesis concludes that the second-order vector mode is detectable.