Full Description
'Does the evidence reflect the reality under investigation?' This is just one of the important questions Marten Shipman asks in the fourth edition of his highly successful book, The Limitations of Social Research. Substantially revised and up-dated it probes not only the technical stages of research, but also its assumptions, procedures and dissemination.
Contents
Introduction. Part One: Approaches to Social Research1. Social researchControversy 1: Can there be Objectivity in Social Research? 2. Scientific social researchControversy 2: Macho, Mourner, Freedom-Fighter or Thug? 3. Interpretative social research Part Two: Techniques for Collecting InformationControversy 3: The Choices within Research Design 4. Samples, cases and responseControversy 4: What Really went on under the Banyan Trees? 5. ObservationControversy 5: The Never-ending Nature-Nurture Debate 6. QuestionsControversy 6: Class Size in Primary Schools 7. Variations on the experimentControversy 7: Burt Rumbles on 8. Reinforcing the evidence; Part Three: Personal, Professional and Political InfluencesControversy 8: Suffer the Little Children 9. The author in time and placeControversy 9: The Publication of Piaget 10. The publication of researchControversy 10: The Effectiveness of Schools 11. The limitations and scope of social research; References.Index.
