Limitations of Social Research

<p>'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, <i>The Limitations of Social Research</i>. Substantially revised and up-dated it probes not only the technical stages of research, but also its assumptions, procedures and dissemination.</p> Introduction. Part One: Approaches to Social Research1. Social researchControversy 1: Can there be Objectivity in Social Research? 2. Scientific social researchControversy 2: Macho, Mourner, Freedom-Fighter or Thug? 3. Interpretative social research Part Two: Techniques for Collecting InformationControversy 3: The Choices within Research Design 4. Samples, cases and responseControversy 4: What Really went on under the Banyan Trees? 5. ObservationControversy 5: The Never-ending Nature-Nurture Debate 6. QuestionsControversy 6: Class Size in Primary Schools 7. Variations on the experimentControversy 7: Burt Rumbles on 8. Reinforcing the evidence; Part Three: Personal, Professional and Political InfluencesControversy 8: Suffer the Little Children 9. The author in time and placeControversy 9: The Publication of Piaget 10. The publication of researchControversy 10: The Effectiveness of Schools 11. The limitations and scope of social research; References.Index.