Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Doing Empirical Social Science Research / Eszter Hargittai -- Spit, Sweat, and Tears: Gathering Biological Data in Naturalistic Settings / Emma K. Adam, Leah D. Doane, and Kathryn Mendelsohn -- Field Experiments for Studies of Discrimination / Devah Pager -- Part of the Community / Laura Clawson -- The Challenges of In-Depth Interviewing with Disadvantaged Respondents / Joan Walling -- Online Survey: Instant Publication, Instant Mistake, All of the Above / Gina Walejko -- Herding Cats Online: Real Studies of Virtual Communities / Dmitri Williams and Li Xiong -- How Technical Is Technology Research?: Acquiring and Deploying Technical Knowledge in Social Research Projects / Christian Sandvig -- On Unexpected Events: Navigating the Sudden Research Opportunity of 9/11 / Karen Albright -- WAT R U DOIN?: Studying the Thumb Generation Using Text Messaging / Eszter Hargittai and Chris Karr -- Giving Mega Attention to Macro Research: The Rewards and Challenges of Quantitative Cross-National Data Collection and Analysis / Nina Bandelj -- Secondary Analysis of Large Social Surveys / Jeremy Freese -- Doing Archival Research: How to Find a Needle in a Haystack / Jason Gallo -- Contributors -- Index. |