A Matter Of Record
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品牌: John C. Scott
基本信息出版社:Polity; 1 (1991年1月15日)平装:200页正文语种:英语ISBN:0745600700条形码:9780745600703商品尺寸:22.9 x 15 x 1.4 cm商品重量:354 gASIN:0745600700商品描述内容简介This important and original new textbook gives an introduction to the use of documentary sources in social research. It will be an excellent companion to courses in research methods in the social sciences and history and a reference text for those beginning research on documentary sources. The book begins with an overview of the nature of social research and the variety of methods which can be used. Scott identifies three types of evidence useful in such research - physical evidence, personal evidence and documentary evidence. He argues that the logic of research is common to each type of evidence, but that each involves specific methodological issues. An appraisal grid for the analysis of documents is presented, showing the criteria which must be used in evaluating documentary sources. In the following chapters these criteria are applied to the variety of documentary sources available to the social researcher: census data and official statistics; government publications; directories and yearbooks; personal diaries; letters, etc. Examples from actual research are given throughout. `A Matter of Record' is a comprehensive and practical guide to methods in social research. Its publication will be welcomed by teachers and students in a wide range of subjects.作者简介John Scott is a reader in sociology at the University of Leicester, where he has taught since 1976. He is the author of `Directors of Industry' (1984) and `Corporations, Classes and Capitalism' (1979)