Title:
Sociological research methods
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
New Brunswick, USA : Transaction Books, 1984.
ISBN:
9780878558148
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Summary
Summary
A rich source of ideas about sociological research methods to assist the researcher in determining what method will provide the most reliable and useful knowledge, how to choose between different methodologies, and what constitutes the most fruitful relationship between sociological theories and research methods.
Table of Contents
| IntroductionM.Bulmer |
| Sociological Theory In Empirical Research |
| Facts, Concepts, Theories and ProblemsM.Bulmer |
| Social-Survey Research |
| The Meaning of Relationships in Social-Survey AnalysisM.Rosenburg |
| Problems with Surveys: Method or Epistemology?C.Marsh |
| Unobtrusive Measures |
| The Use of Archival Sources in Social ResearchE.J.Webb and D.T.Campbell and R.D.Schwarz and L.Sechrest |
| Why Don't Sociologists Make More Use of Official Statistics?M.Bulmer |
| Historical Sources |
| The Relevance of History to SociologyJ.H.Goldthorpe |
| The Historical Study of Family StructureM.Anderson |
| Class Structure in Early Twentieth-Century SalfordR.Roberts |
| Interpretative Procedures |
| Of Sociology and the InterviewM.Benney and E.C.Highes |
| Asking Questions (And Listening to Answers)I.Deutsche |
| Concepts in the Analysis of Qualitative DataM.Bulmer |
| Theory, Method and Substance |
| The Multi-Method Approach to Sociological AnalysisN.Fielding and J.Fielding |
| On Feminist MethodologyM.Hammersley |
| Social Skills, Social Research Skills, Sociological Skills: Teaching Reflexivity?R.Jenkins |
| Bibliography |
