philosophy, politics and practice Hammersley, Martyn. text enk London Newbury Park, Calif Sage Publications 1993 monographic eng

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xiii, 242 p. ill. 23 cm. 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. edited by Martyn Hammersley. Published in association with the Open University. Includes bibliographical references and index. Social sciences Research H62 .S6737 1993 300/.72 0803988044 0803988052 (pbk.) 92056439 930908 20170223064019.0 154781