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Thinking Through Methods: A Social Science Primer
John Levi Martin
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Description for Thinking Through Methods: A Social Science Primer
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Sociological research is hard enough already you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher where the data you are working with comes from and how that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. This is a user's guide to ... Read more
Sociological research is hard enough already you don't need to make it even harder by smashing about like a bull in a china shop, not knowing what you're doing or where you're heading. Or so says John Levi Martin in this witty, insightful, and desperately needed primer on how to practice rigorous social science. Thinking Through Methods focuses on the practical decisions that you will need to make as a researcher where the data you are working with comes from and how that data relates to all the possible data you could have gathered. This is a user's guide to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226431727
SKU
V9780226431727
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About John Levi Martin
John Levi Martin is the Florence Borchert Bartling Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Social Structures, The Explanation of Social Action, and Thinking Through Theory.
Reviews for Thinking Through Methods: A Social Science Primer
This primer has all the traditional topics for acquiring and expressing methodological expertise in the doing of sociology. With Martin's penchant for exquisite writing and clarity, as well as original, often clever approaches and examples
not to mention pithy 'takeaways' and recommendations for further reading
the book is utterly distinguished. So it is not only usable but fun, interesting, and even intriguing, ... Read more
not to mention pithy 'takeaways' and recommendations for further reading
the book is utterly distinguished. So it is not only usable but fun, interesting, and even intriguing, ... Read more