Profiles of social research : the scientific study of human interactions /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunt, Morton M., 1920-2016 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1985]
Colección:Russell Sage Foundation 75th anniversary series.
Temas:
Social sciences > Research.
Social sciences > Research > United States > Case studies.
Sciences sociales > Recherche.
Sciences sociales > Recherche > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Sciences sociales > Recherche > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Essays.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Empirische Sozialforschung
Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Overview
  • 1. The world of social research
  • Part II. Five case histories of social research
  • 2. The dilemma in the classroom: a cross-sectional survey measures the effects of segregated schooling
  • 3. Sampling social reality: a complex new survey measures the impact of the government's social programs on the American family
  • 4. One thing at a time: a series of laboratory experiments explores the antisocial tendency of people working in groups to secretly do less than their best
  • 5. The slowest, costliest, but best (and worst) of methods: two long-term studies, tracking nearly 800 people over many years, find that many of our beliefs about human aging are incorrect
  • 6. Twenty thousand volunteers: a massive real-world experiment tests a bold proposal to combat poverty by means of a guaranteed annual income.

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