Overview
The idea that science is a blueprint for research, and imagination gives research its life and purpose inspired this comprehensive explanation of research methodology. The authors' decades of experience have revealed that research is a craft requiring judgment and creativity, not simply memorization and application of the rules of science. This book covers a wide variety of data-collection techniques, but presents them as reinforcing, rather than competing with one another, thus striking a balance between qualitative and quantitative methods and proving an essential resource for instructors and students of sociology.
- | Author: Paul S. Gray
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 20, 2007
- | Number of Pages: 480 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521879728
- | ISBN-13: 9780521879729
