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Critical Social Research

by Lee Harvey

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 First published in 1990,this title is a methodology textbook that provides students, lecturers and all those involved in social research with an invaluable illustrative guide. The author argues that critical social research offers a perspective and a methodology that transcends divisions between quantitative and qualitative approaches.
The Survey Method - The Contribution Of Surveys To Sociological Explanation

by Catherine Marsh

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 Critics maintained that there were philosophical flaws inherent in survey practice which made it unacceptable as valid method; sociology students were taught that surveys are â€˜positivistâ€™. In The Survey Method, first published in 1982, Catherine Marsh examines such claims and shows that much of this criticism was ill-founded.
Data Construction In Social Surveys

by Nicholas Bateson

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 What do we mean by â€˜survey dataâ€™? What are â€˜goodâ€™ data, and how do we recognise them? First published in 1984, Nicholas Bateson tackles these questions and, in doing so, offers a redefinition of the validity of survey data and suggests a new approach â€" or a more assertive formulation of an old approach â€" to the testing of data for validity.
Social Measurement And Social Indicators - Issues Of Policy And Theory

by Michael Carley

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 First published in 1981, this title is not a â€˜how-toâ€™ guide on the construction of social indicators, but rather a critical and optimistic view of central issues, as embodied in the literature and in practice at the time. It contrasts some basic problems of social measurement with governmentâ€™s needs for reliable information.
Research Methods For Elite Studies

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 Elites are crucial groups of people in all but the very simplest societies. But who exactly are they, and how does one study them? Originally published in 1987, Research Methods for Elite Studies provided a wide-ranging survey of the techniques, problems, issues and practicalities of elite research.
Doing Secondary Analysis

by Angela Dale, Michael Procter e Sara Arber

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 At a time when funding for primary data collection was increasingly constrained, the secondary analysis of high-quality government surveys offered the social scientist an unrivalled opportunity. Originally published in 1988, this volume provided a guide which moves through every stage of â€˜doing secondary analysisâ€™.
Social Causality

by Barbara Foley Meeker e Jerald Hage

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 Originally published in 1988, this book takes the reader through the theoretical and practical maze that has to be negotiated before definitive statements about cause and effect in social research can be made. It was designed for the undergraduate student on a first research methods course.

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