Making It Count The Improvement of Social Research and Theory

Name: Making It Count The Improvement of Social Research and Theory
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ISBN: 9780520060371

ISBN-10: 0520060377

ISBN-13: 9780520060371

Edition: 1986

Authors: Stanley Lieberson

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This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empirical research underlying most empirical work. The goal is neither a whitewash nor capital punishment, but rather it is to reform and mold empirical research into an activity that contributes as much as possible to a rigorous understanding of society. Without worrying about defining science or even determining the essence of the scientific enterprise, the goal is one that pools together logical thinking and empirically determined information. One of the fundamental issues to be addressed in this volume: Are there questions currently studied that are basically unanswerable even if the investigator had ideal nonexperimental data? If so,…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/16/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682