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Observing ourselves : essays in social research /

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Includes fifteen short essays addressing some of the fundamental philosophical and methodological issues involved in the scientific study of human beings.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Babbie, Earl R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Long Grove, Illinois : Waveland Press, [2015]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Research.
Social sciences > Methodology.
Table of Contents:
  • Closed answers and open questions
  • Truth, objectivity, and agreement
  • Paradigms
  • Determinism versus freedom
  • Concepts, indicators, and reality
  • Making distinctions
  • Quantitative or qualitative?
  • The impact of the observer
  • The power of introspection
  • Finding patterns
  • Probability and causation
  • Critical thinking
  • Scientific closed-mindedness
  • Value-free science?
  • The first science.