TY - BOOK AU - Ragin,Charles C. TI - Constructing social research: the unity and diversity of method T2 - Sociology for a new century SN - 0803990219 AV - H62. R23 1994 U1 - 300.72 PY - 1994///] CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Pine Forge Press KW - Social sciences KW - Research N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index; Part One; Elements of Social Research --; What Is Social Research? --; The Goals of Social Research --; The Process of Social Research Ideas and Evidence --; Part Two; Strategies of Social Research --; Using Qualitative Methods to Study Commonalities --; Using Comparative Methods to Study Diversity --; Using Quantitative Methods to Study Covariation --; Afterword: The Promise of Social Research ER -