Consultants and Citizens

A variety of relationships may exist between the scientist and his subjects when both are human. The purpose of the present paper is to describe a mutually satisfying relationship between research-consultants from the University of Alabama and citizens of Talladega, Alabama, in conducting a combination of community self-survey and a basic study of the self-survey process. The relationship that ultimately developed was only partially the result of deliberate planning; unfortunately, a study of the nature of the relationship was not part of the original research design. However, the arrangement proved so eminently workable that we feel justified in presenting it here as an example of sociologists and citizens working together on a research project to benefit both

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• Health and Human Behavior

  Steven Polgar•Current Anthropology•1962

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