Constructing social research : the unity and diversity of method
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Constructing social research : the unity and diversity of method
（Sociology for a new century）
Pine Forge Press, c1994
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-182) and index
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Description
The primary goal of this book is to show unity within the diversity of activities called social research. What the study of census data, the study of one person at a time, monitoring today's events, or reconstruction of social life centuries ago all have in common is that regardless of their case material, they construct representations of social life through a dialogue of ideas (theory) and evidence (data). To illustrate, Ragin points out the important continuities in three major forms of social research: qualitative study of commonalities; comparative research on diversity; and quantitative research on relationships among variables.
Table of Contents
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 - with Mary Driscoll The Promise of Social Research
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