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The limitations of social research / Marten Shipman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Longman social research seriesPublisher: London ; New York : Longman, 1997Edition: Fourth editionDescription: ix, 174 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0582311039
  • 9780582311039
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 21
LOC classification:
  • H62 .S464 1997
Contents:
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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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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