Lazarsfeld, Paul F. /

Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901-1976) was an Austro-American sociologist who contributed powerfully at mid-20th century to the establishment of social research methodology (the craft of "empirical social research") and in developing infrastructure to support this. He also greatly impacted studies...

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Main Author: Crothers, C.
Other Authors: Atkinson, Paul, 1947- (Editor), Delamont, Sara, 1947- (Editor), Cernat, Alexandru (Editor), Sakshaug, Joseph W. (Editor), Williams, Richard A., active 2020 (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2020.
Series:Causality.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Paul F. Lazarsfeld (1901-1976) was an Austro-American sociologist who contributed powerfully at mid-20th century to the establishment of social research methodology (the craft of "empirical social research") and in developing infrastructure to support this. He also greatly impacted studies of the social psychologies of decision-making and social consequences, and communication studies and voting studies (where he as an acknowledged "father"), particularly of a quantitative nature. He also contributed to the history and sociology of social research, especially applied social research. He worked energetically with a changing stable of collaborators in an engagement with an ever-expanding agenda of sociological and methodological issues and problems and then put much energy into labelling these and diffusing them. While in his youth, Lazarsfeld was heavily engaged with social democratic ...
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781529746976
1529746973
9781526421036
1526421038