Social research  philosophy, politics and practice 
edited by Martyn Hammersley. 
 - London  Newbury Park, Calif.  Sage Publications  1993. 
 - xiii, 242 p.  ill.  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Published in association with the Open University. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>An overall view of positivism / Leszek Kolakowski -- Two traditions / G.H. von Wright -- Qualitative research and psychological theorizing / Karen L. Henwood and Nick F. Pidgeon -- The elements of critical social science / Brian Fay -- Traditions in documentary analysis / Victor Jupp and Clive Norris -- Decolonializing applied social sciences / Rodolfo Stavenhagen -- Towards a methodology for feminist research / Maria Mies -- Interventions in new social movements / Elim Papadakis -- A political classification of evaluation studies in education / Barry MacDonald -- The value of quantitative methodology for feminist research / Toby Epstein Jayaratne -- 'Race' and statistics / Waqar I.U. Ahmad and Trevor A. Sheldon -- Research analysis of administrative records / Catherine Hakim -- How official statistics are produced : views from the inside / Government Statisticians' Collective -- 'It's great to have someone to talk to' : ethics and politics of interviewing women / Janet Finch. Observations and the police : the research experience / Maurice Punch -- Increasing the generalizability of qualitative research / Janet Ward Schofield -- The obviousness of social and educational research results / N.L. Gage. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0803988044 0803988052 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92056439  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>H62  / .S6737 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>300/.72