Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory

by Stanley Lieberson

Book Overview

This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empirical research underlying most empirical work. The goal is neither a whitewash nor capital punishment, but rather it is to reform and mold empirical research into an activity that contributes as much as possible to a rigorous understanding of society. Without worrying about defining science or even determining the essence of the scientific enterprise, the goal is one that pools together logical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520060377
• ISBN13: 9780520060371
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.4"