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Increasingly, social scientists are being called upon to conduct research that is considered useful in informing policy. Such research is referred to as applied social research, and is distinguished from basic research in a number of ways including its purpose, context, and methods used. HEDRICK, BICKMAN & ROG document these differences and set out the main features of and issues involved in applied research design, although predominantly from a quantitative perspective. This book is one of a series of applied social research methods books published by Sage, each of which deals with a special topic.
