Methods in Social Research

Containing: 1. The New Sociology 2. Science: Theory and Fact 3. Values and Science 4. Science: Pure and Applied 5. Basic Elements of the Scientific Method: Concepts 6. Basic Elements of the Scientific Method: Hypotheses 7. Design of Proof: Testing the Hypothesis 8. Further Problems in Research Design 9. Use of the Library (by Joseph S. Komidar) 10. Observation 11. Constructing a Questionnaire 12. The Mailed Questionnaire 13. The Interview 14. Probability and Sampling 15. Scaling Techniques: The Basic Problem 16. Scaling Techniques: Social Distance, Sociometric, and Rating Scales 17. Scaling Techniques: Ranking, Internal Consistency, and Scalogram Scales 18. Research in Population 19. Some Problems in Qualitative and Case Analysis 20. The Analysis of Data 21. Preparing the ReportContaining: 1. The New Sociology 2. Science: Theory and Fact 3. Values and Science 4. Science: Pure and Applied 5. Basic Elements of the Scientific Method: Concepts 6. Basic Elements of the Scientific Method: Hypotheses 7. Design of Proof: Testing the Hypothesis 8. Further Problems in Research Design 9. Use of the Library (by Joseph S. Komidar) 10. Observation 11. Constructing a Questionnaire 12. The Mailed Questionnaire 13. The Interview 14. Probability and Sampling 15. Scaling Techniques: The Basic Problem 16. Scaling Techniques: Social Distance, Sociometric, and Rating Scales 17. Scaling Techniques: Ranking, Internal Consistency, and Scalogram Scales 18. Research in Population 19. Some Problems in Qualitative and Case Analysis 20. The Analysis of Data 21. Preparing the Report