ABSTRACT

'Does the evidence reflect the reality under investigation?' This is just one of the important questions Marten Shipman asks in the fourth edition of his highly successful book, The Limitations of Social Research. Substantially revised and up-dated it probes not only the technical stages of research, but also its assumptions, procedures and dissemination.





part |2 pages

PART ONE Approaches to Social Research

chapter 1|19 pages

Social research

chapter 2|15 pages

Scientistic social research

chapter 3|14 pages

Interpretive social research

part |2 pages

PART TWO Techniques for Collecting Information

chapter 4|15 pages

Samples, cases and response

chapter 5|9 pages

Observation

chapter 6|13 pages

Questions

chapter 7|12 pages

Variations on the experiment

chapter 8|8 pages

Reinforcing the evidence

part |2 pages

PART THREE Personal, Professional and Political Influences

chapter 9|14 pages

The author in time and place

chapter 10|15 pages

The publication of research

chapter 11|11 pages

The limitations and scope of social research