A comprehensive collection of contemporary and classical
readings on sociological method, this book provides students with
systematic analyses of each of the major strategies employed in
sociological research. It may be used as a supplement or as the
basic set of readings for all courses in methods.
The book contains thirteen sections dealing with theory and its
development; issues of sampling units; problems of developing new
measurement techniques; difficulties surrounding the interview
(with special emphasis on interviewing deviant, hostile, and silent
respondents); the nature of causation; and a review of the major
methods of proof available to the sociologist. Actual research
studies, focusing in turn on the experiment, the survey,
participant observation, life-histories, and unobtrusive analysis,
are also included.
Each section is preceded by an introduction, that defines the
major issues in each paper, offers a discussion of problems not
covered explicitly in the readings, and in general shows how each
paper contributes to a view of interactional research processes.
Because of its interactional approach, its use of classic articles,
its anticipation of problems not yet formulated clearly in the
literature, its illustrations of how social organizations may be
studied, its inclusion of articles relevant to the social
psychology of experiments, and its new statements on the ethics of
research, this book will be invaluable in methods courses.
Especially when used in conjunction with its companion text, The
Research Act, the book provides perhaps the most original and most
useful compendium available to students today.
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