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Overview
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
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Details
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02/05/1993
ISBN-10:
0803988052
ISBN-13:
9780803988057
Pages:
256
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
