Research design : the logic of social inquiry / John Bynner and Keith M. Stribley, editors. - New Brunswick [N.J.] : AldineTransaction, [2010] - 354 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: London : Longman, 1979.



Section 1. The language of social research -- An overview of elements in the scientific process / Walter Wallace -- Two traditions / G.H. Von Wright -- The unity of method / K. R. Popper -- Concept and theory formation in the social sciences / Alfred Schutz -- The logic of naturalistic inquiry / Norman K. Denzin -- Section 2. Research design -- On the selection of problems / Scott Greer -- A note on the uses of official stastistics / John I. Kitsuse and Aaron B. Cicourel -- Some statistical problems in research design / Leslie Kish -- Reforms as experiments / Donald T. Campbell -- The research web / Jacqueline P. Wiseman -- Some methodical problems of field studies / Morris Zelditch Jr. -- Section 3. Data collection -- Question wording / C. A Moser and G. Kalton -- A comparison of the check-list and the open response questioning systems / William Belson and Judith A. Duncan -- Interviewer bias once more revisited / Harper W. Boyd Jr. and Ralph Westfall -- How do you know if the informant is telling the truth? / John P. Dean and William Foote Whyte -- Human use of human subjects : the problem of deception in social psychological experiments / Herbert C. Kelman -- Section 4. Measurement -- The quantification of questionnaire data / A. N. Oppenheim -- Construct validity in psychological tests / Lee J. Cronbach and Paul E. Meehl -- Attitude measurement : use of coefficient alpha with cluster or factor analysis / Aubrey McKennell -- Section 5. Data analysis and report -- Extraneous variables / Morris Rosenberg -- Data-dredging procedures in survey analysis / Hanan C. Selvin and Alan Stuart -- Generalized regression analysis / Andrew Ahlgren and Herbert J. Walberg -- Problems of interference and proof in participant observation / Howard S. Becker -- Problems in the publication of field studies / Howard S. Becker.



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