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This important book examines how social science is applied now and how it might be applied in the future in relation to social transformation in a time of crisis.

Social sciences --- Social policy --- Research. --- Social science research --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history

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Social sciences --- Qualitative research. --- Qualitative analysis (Research) --- Qualitative methods (Research) --- Social science research --- Research. --- Qualitative research --- Research --- Qualitative methods in social research

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Behavioral scientists - including those in psychology, infant and child development, education, animal behavior, marketing and usability studies - use many methods to measure behavior. Systematic observation is used to study relatively natural, spontaneous behavior as it unfolds sequentially in time. This book emphasizes digital means to record and code such behavior; while observational methods do not require them, they work better with them. Key topics include devising coding schemes, training observers and assessing reliability, as well as recording, representing and analyzing observational data. In clear and straightforward language, this book provides a thorough grounding in observational methods along with considerable practical advice. It describes standard conventions for sequential data and details how to perform sequential analysis with a computer program developed by the authors. The book is rich with examples of coding schemes and different approaches to sequential analysis, including both statistical and graphical means.

Psychology --- Social sciences --- Sequential analysis. --- Observation (Psychology) --- Research. --- Methodology. --- Sequential analysis --- Social science research --- Mathematical statistics --- Statistical decision --- Psychological research --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Methodology --- Research --- Health Sciences --- Psychiatry & Psychology

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Over the past quarter century, researchers have successfully explored the inner workings of the physical and biological sciences using a variety of social and historical lenses. Inspired by these advances, the contributors to "Social Knowledge in the Making" turn their attention to the social sciences, broadly construed. The result is the first comprehensive effort to study and understand the day-to-day activities involved in the creation of social-scientific and related forms of knowledge about the social world. The essays collected here tackle a range of previously unexplored questions about the practices involved in the production, assessment, and use of diverse forms of social knowledge. A stellar cast of multidisciplinary scholars addresses topics such as the changing practices of historical research, anthropological data collection, library usage, peer review, and institutional review boards. Turning to the world beyond the academy, other essays focus on global banks, survey research organizations, and national security and economic policy makers. "Social Knowledge in the Making" is a landmark volume for a new field of inquiry, and the bold new research agenda it proposes will be welcomed in the social sciences, the humanities, and a broad range of non-academic settings

Sociology of knowledge --- Sociology --- Social sciences --- Knowledge, Sociology of. --- Social institutions --- Research --- Knowledge, Sociology of --- Knowledge, Theory of (Sociology) --- Social science research --- #SBIB:316.23H1 --- #SBIB:316.23H2 --- Kennissociologie --- Sociologie van de wetenschappen --- Communication --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Public opinion --- Social epistemology --- Research. --- Social sciences - Research

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This publication provides new information on public research institutions (PRIs) and government strategies. Public research institutions are crucial for innovation due to their role in knowledge creation and diffusion. While absolute real expenditure on R&D in this sector has risen, it now accounts for a smaller share of total R&D spending by OECD countries and of OECD GDP. The targets and focus of many PRIs have evolved in recent years. Changing activities, new policy challenges and wider economic and political developments have driven change in missions and mandates and linkages have become focal points for many. Internationalisation has also increased and relationships are frequently collaborative. PRIs’ sources of income are diverse but funding has become increasingly competitive. Funding instruments need to balance short-and long-term goals to uphold research quality and ensure the sustainability of PRI activities.  

Public institutions -- OECD countries -- Evaluation. --- Research -- Government policy -- OECD countries. --- Research -- OECD countries -- Finance. --- Research institutes -- OECD countries -- Evaluation. --- Research --- Public institutions --- Research institutes --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Sciences - General --- Finance --- Government policy --- Evaluation --- Finance. --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams