Doing Open Social Science

List of figures.....v

About the authors.....ix

Acknowledgements.....xi

Preface.....xv

Our references and citing this book.....xix

Glossary.....xxi

1. Introduction - using this book in research.....1

PART I: OPENING UP THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.....7

2. The 'open social science' agenda.....9

3. Open science in STEMM disciplines - and lessons for open social science.....39

4. Pre-registration for confirmatory and exploratory research.....79

PART II: PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO MORE OPEN RESEARCH.....105

5. Documenting research as you go - principles and tools.....107

6. Reusing and mashing other people's data.....129

7. Writing a data management plan (by Hannah Boroudjou).....149

8. Open data for publications - replication archives and research methods annexes.....177

PART III: ACHIEVING MORE OPEN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH.....191

9. Interview- based research.....195

10. Case studies and fieldwork.....225

11. Systematic documentation analysis.....255

12. Archival data - problems and early solutions.....285

13. Doing 'citizen social science' (by Denisa Kostovicova, Patrick Dunleavy and Timothy Monteath).....299

PART IV: SHIFTING RESEARCH CULTURES.....321

14. Presenting results well to reach a wide audience.....323

15. Publishing and open access.....343

16. Conclusions - achieving open social science.....363

Index.....389