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A typology of designs for social research in the built environment
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this metamethodological study was to construct a typology of designs for
social research in the built environment, i.e., architecture, urban design and planning.
Currently there is no such ...
A review of methodological trends in South African sociology, 1990–2009
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis investigates the research methods employed by South African sociological researchers, as published in academic peer-reviewed journals during the period 1990 to 2009. Specific attention was given ...
The interpretation and use of mixed methods research within programme evaluation practice
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
The contemporary evaluation literature advocates for and recommends a pluralistic approach to
programme evaluation, with some writers contending that the use of multiple and/or mixed
methods for the practice is inevitable. ...
The validity endeavour
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Qualitative and quantitative research implies different meta-theoretical approaches to knowledge production. The former maintains a constructivist and interpretative perspective, as opposed to the latter, ...
Types of explanations given by foreign African women for xenophobic violence : a De-Doorns case study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In November 2009, xenophobic violence flared up in De-Doorns, a small rural town which
lies in the Breede Valley Municipality of the Western Cape where table grape production is
the main economic activity. ...
Biological citizenship in Blikkiesdorp : the case of the disability grant
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis examines local understandings and use of the Disability Grant in The Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area, locally referred to as Blikkiesdorp (tin can town). The study takes an ethnographic ...