Generating data is the defining aspect of empirical work. Data in this respect is understood as information-capacitated material that must be discovered, mined, unearthed - or a near limitless range of similar adjectives. This major work cross-cuts a number of substantive methodologies and is structured around seven groupings of research in four-volumes which provide the context for data generation: Volume One: Naturalistic research; Volume Two: Interrogative research and Experimental research; Volume Three: Material research and De-centred research; Volume Four: Biographic research and Secondary research. Drawing on highly influential articles from sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, and education, this is a vital collection for researchers across the social sciences.

Author Biography

Cate Curtis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Waikato. She is a co-author of Generating Data (4 volume set, SAGE, 2016), co-author of Social Research: A Practical Introduction (SAGE, 2011); and co-author of The Social Psychology of Everyday Life (Palgrave. 2010). Her main research interest is the construction of 'risk' and 'resilience', especially with regard to young women, and she teaches a graduate paper in the social psychology of anti-social behaviour. She contributes to the teaching of research methods for psychology at undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as in the area of social psychology.