On social research and its language

On social research and its language / Paul F. Lazarsfeld ; edited and with an introd. by Raymond Boudon.

The eighteen essays in On Social Research and Its Language illustrate the diversity of Lazarsfeld's substantive, methodological, and organizational interests. Spanning the years 1933 to 1972, they encompass his own works of social research, as well as writings on methodology and the history and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lazarsfeld, Paul F., 1901-1976
Other Authors: Boudon, Raymond
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Series:Heritage of sociology.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Methodology.
Sociology > Methodology.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Substantive Social Research. 1. On Unemployment. 2. On Communication. 3. On Consumer Behavior. 4. On Voting. 5. On the Academic Mind
  • II. Methodology of Social Research. 6. Observing. 7. Classifying and Building Typologies. 8. Analyzing the Relations between Variables. 9. Qualitative Analysis. 10. Macrosociology. 11. The Relevance of Methodology
  • III. History and Sociology of Social Research. 12. Sociology of Social Research. 13. History of Social Research
  • The Writings of Paul F. Lazarsfeld.

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