The elements of social scientific thinking
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The elements of social scientific thinking
St. Martin's Press, c1992
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Teaches students how to think scientifically. It helps them to see through some of the false images of social science, to appreciate the limits as well as the uses of the scientific approach and provides them with enough skills and information to make their first steps in social science research.
Table of Contents
- Thinking scientifically
- the elements of science
- strategies
- refinements
- measuring variables and relationships
- reflections - back to the roots. Appendices: Work, life and political attitudes - "A Study of Manual Workers", Lewis Lipsitz
- "Pathways to Participation", Paul Allan Beck and M.Kent Jennings.
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