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SOCIAL RESEARCH
PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND PRACTICE |
| By: |
Martyn Hammersley (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0803988052 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780803988057 |
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| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
11 December, 1992 |
| Series: |
Published in Association with The Open University |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
This critical introduction to the principles of social and educational research draws together a key set of readings which offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of values and practice in social research. Issues explored include: the relationship between quantitative and qualitative methods; positivism and the role of the natural sciences as a model for social research; the purposes of research - knowledge or the transformation of the social world; issues of race, gender and power in social research; the politics and ethics of data collection; and the validity and relevance of social research.Social Research is a set book for The Open University course DEH313 Principles of Social and Educational Resear |
| Synopsis: |
This critical introduction to the principles of social and educational research draws together a key set of readings which offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of values and practice in social research. Issues explored include: the relationship between quantitative and qualitative methods; positivism and the role of the natural sciences as a model for social research; the purposes of research - knowledge or the transformation of the social world; issues of race, gender and power in social research; the politics and ethics of data collection; and the validity and relevance of social research.Social Research is a set book for The Open University course DEH313 Principles of Social and Educational Research. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
SAGE Publications Ltd |
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