The limitations of social research / Marten Shipman.
Material type: TextSeries: Longman social research seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Longman, 1997Edition: Fourth editionDescription: ix, 174 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0582311039
- 9780582311039
- 300.72 21
- H62 .S464 1997
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-169) and index.
Introduction -- Pt. 1. Approaches to Social Research -- 1. Social research -- Controversy 1: Can there be objectivity in social research? -- 2. Scientistic social research -- Controversy 2: Macho, mourner, freedom-fighter or thug? -- 3. Interpretive social research -- Pt. 2. Techniques for Collecting Information -- Controversy 3: The choices within research design -- 4. Samples, cases and response -- Controversy 4: What really went on under the Banyan trees? -- 5. Observation -- Controversy 5: The never-ending nature-nurture debate -- 6. Questions -- Controversy 6: Class size in primary schools -- 7. Variations on the experiment -- Controversy 7: Burt rumbles on -- 8. Reinforcing the evidence -- Pt. 3. Personal, Professional and Political Influences -- Controversy 8: Suffer the little children -- 9. The author in time and place -- Controversy 9: The publication of Piaget -- 10. The publication of research -- Controversy 10: The effectiveness of schools -- 11. The limitations and scope of social research -- References -- Index.
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