Sociological Research Methods

The fifty years of the American Journal of Sociology record the development of sociological research in the United States. Its early issues show that sociologists at first were preoccupied with the formulation of the basic ideology of sociology and with the development of a system of concepts oriented to empirical research. Later, the main effort of sociologists turned to the devising and application of techniques appropriate to the study of society, including statistics, personal document and case study, typology, sociometry, and interviewing. At present there is a growing interest in integrating these techniques and in utilizing methods developed from neighboring disciplines. The maturing of sociology as a natural science of human behavior is also evidenced by the rise of self-criticism from two widely different viewpoints, those of operational sociology and of the sociology of knowledge. The chief handicaps now retarding the growth of sociological research are inadequancies in research training, cultist adherence to a favored technique, absorption of sociologists in teaching, and the limitations of personnel and funds in comparison with research opportunities

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• Typologie et description. À propos de l'intelligibilité des expériences vécues

  Didier Demazière•Sociologie•2013

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• The limits of measurement

  Heinz‐dieter Meyer, Heinz-Dieter Meyer•Comparative Education•2016

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• The social sciences and construction management — overview and applications

  Open Access•Graham Winch•Habitat International•1990

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• Political equality within the household? The political role and influence of mothers and fathers in a multi-party setting

  Open Access•Joris Boonen•International Political Science…•2017

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• Racial opportunity structures and black fertility

  Open Access•J A Burr, John Hartman et al.•Population Research and Policy…•1996

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• Stop making sense

  Open Access•Pernille Schiellerup•Area•2008

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• Does the Socialization of Young Russian Academics Foster Migration

  Open Access•Andreas Siegert•Australian and New Zealand…•2010

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• Insurance Culture in China Under the Conditions of Transformation

  Tang Yuan-xiong, Chen Wen-jiang et al.•International Journal of Business…•2013

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• Paradox of assimilation among indigenous higher education students in four central European countries

  Open Access•Gabriella Pusztai, Zsuzsanna Márkus•Diaspora Indigenous and Minority…•2019

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• The Use of the Concept of 'Strategy' in Recent Sociological Literature

  Open Access•Graham Crow•Sociology•1989

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• Rethinking 'Current Crisis' Arguments

  Open Access•Robert G Hollands, Robert Hollands et al.•Sociological Research Online•2009

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• Social work research-an urban desert

  Ian F Shaw•European Journal of Social Work•2011

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• “The most important technique …”

  Open Access•Raymond M Lee•Journal of the History of the…•2011

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• Narrating the good life

  J Suoranta•International Journal of Lifelong…•2000

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• On the Origin of the Concept of “Deviant Subculture” in Criminology

  Reza Barmaki•Deviant Behavior•2016

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• Case and Situation Analysis

  Open Access•J C Mitchell•The Sociological Review•1983

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• The Hobo to Doormen

  Open Access•Jonathan R Wynn•Ethnography•2011

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• A 'Scientific Revolution

  Open Access•Henrika Kuklick•Sociological Inquiry•1973

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