| Description |
xxiii, 337 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Overview -- 1. The world of social research -- Part II. Five case histories of social research -- 2. The dilemma in the classroom: a cross-sectional survey measures the effects of segregated schooling -- 3. Sampling social reality: a complex new survey measures the impact of the government's social programs on the American family -- 4. One thing at a time: a series of laboratory experiments explores the antisocial tendency of people working in groups to secretly do less than their best -- 5. The slowest, costliest, but best (and worst) of methods: two long-term studies, tracking nearly 800 people over many years, find that many of our beliefs about human aging are incorrect -- 6. Twenty thousand volunteers: a massive real-world experiment tests a bold proposal to combat poverty by means of a guaranteed annual income |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [309]-321 |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Research -- United States -- Case studies.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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| Author |
Russell Sage Foundation.
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| LC no. |
85060759 |
| ISBN |
0871543931 |
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087154394X (paperback) |
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