Norman Blaikie
Biographic Data
| ID | 6104682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Norman Blaikie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Norman |
| FAMILY NAME | Blaikie |
| SIGNATURE | BLAIKIE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Confounding issues related to determining sample size in qualitative research
The debate on determining sample size in qualitative research is confounded by four fundamental methodological issues: the exclusive focus on theme analysis; the diverse and imprecise use of ‘qualitative’; a reliance on only two logics of inquiry, induction and deduction, and the occasional confusion of abduction with induction; and a general lack of recognition of the importance of differences in ontological assumptions. Embedded in these issues…
Was Cicourel’s critique in Methods and Measurement in Sociology too radical
This article is a contribution to a mini symposium on the 50th anniversary of the publication of A V Cicourel’s Method and Measurement in Sociology (1964). The central theme of the book is reviewed – the problem of the relationship between everyday language and cultural meanings, and the language of measurement in social research – and the lack of an adequate ontology of social actors is identified as being the cause of the problem. The solution …
Approaches to Social Enquiry
A critique of the use of triangulation in social research
The Plight of the Australian Clergy
Journal Article The Plight of the Australian Clergy: To Convert, Care of Challenge? by Norman W. H. Blaikie. St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1979, xii + 253 pp. $24.95 Get access Robert Towler Robert Towler University of Leeds, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 42, Issue 1, Spring 1981, Pages 82–83, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709712 Published: 01 Mar…
The Use of 'Denomination' in Sociological Explanation
Norman W. H. Blaikie, The Use of "Denomination" in Sociological Explanation: The Case of the Position of Clergy on Social Issues, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Mar., 1976), pp. 79-86
What Motivates Church Participation? Review, Replication, and Theoretical Reorientation in New Zealand
Towards a Theoretical Model for the Study of Occupational Choice
A theoretical model is presented for the study of values and occupational choice, designed to extend existing models in two directions: to cope with the source of values, and to account for changes in occupational choice. Some implications of the theoretical model are hypothesized and tested on a sample of university students in Melbourne. The occupational goal profiles of students choosing three occupational fields are examined, indicating that …
Confounding issues related to determining sample size in qualitative research
The debate on determining sample size in qualitative research is confounded by four fundamental methodological issues: the exclusive focus on theme analysis; the diverse and imprecise use of ‘qualitative’; a reliance on only two logics of inquiry, induction and deduction, and the occasional confusion of abduction with induction; and a general lack of recognition of the importance of differences in ontological assumptions. Embedded in these issues…
The Use of 'Denomination' in Sociological Explanation
Norman W. H. Blaikie, The Use of "Denomination" in Sociological Explanation: The Case of the Position of Clergy on Social Issues, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Mar., 1976), pp. 79-86
Towards a Theoretical Model for the Study of Occupational Choice
A theoretical model is presented for the study of values and occupational choice, designed to extend existing models in two directions: to cope with the source of values, and to account for changes in occupational choice. Some implications of the theoretical model are hypothesized and tested on a sample of university students in Melbourne. The occupational goal profiles of students choosing three occupational fields are examined, indicating that …
Towards a Theoretical Model for the Study of Occupational Choice
A theoretical model is presented for the study of values and occupational choice, designed to extend existing models in two directions: to cope with the source of values, and to account for changes in occupational choice. Some implications of the theoretical model are hypothesized and tested on a sample of university students in Melbourne. The occupational goal profiles of students choosing three occupational fields are examined, indicating that …
What Motivates Church Participation? Review, Replication, and Theoretical Reorientation in New Zealand
The Use of 'Denomination' in Sociological Explanation
Norman W. H. Blaikie, The Use of "Denomination" in Sociological Explanation: The Case of the Position of Clergy on Social Issues, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Mar., 1976), pp. 79-86
The Plight of the Australian Clergy
Journal Article The Plight of the Australian Clergy: To Convert, Care of Challenge? by Norman W. H. Blaikie. St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1979, xii + 253 pp. $24.95 Get access Robert Towler Robert Towler University of Leeds, England Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 42, Issue 1, Spring 1981, Pages 82–83, https://doi.org/10.2307/3709712 Published: 01 Mar…
A critique of the use of triangulation in social research
Approaches to Social Enquiry
Was Cicourel’s critique in Methods and Measurement in Sociology too radical
This article is a contribution to a mini symposium on the 50th anniversary of the publication of A V Cicourel’s Method and Measurement in Sociology (1964). The central theme of the book is reviewed – the problem of the relationship between everyday language and cultural meanings, and the language of measurement in social research – and the lack of an adequate ontology of social actors is identified as being the cause of the problem. The solution …
Confounding issues related to determining sample size in qualitative research
The debate on determining sample size in qualitative research is confounded by four fundamental methodological issues: the exclusive focus on theme analysis; the diverse and imprecise use of ‘qualitative’; a reliance on only two logics of inquiry, induction and deduction, and the occasional confusion of abduction with induction; and a general lack of recognition of the importance of differences in ontological assumptions. Embedded in these issues…
Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Data Analysis and Archiving (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Qualitative Research Methods and Applications (2 works)