Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The new sociology
  • Science: theory and fact
  • Values and science
  • Science: pure and applied
  • Basic elements of the scientific method: concepts
  • Basic elements of the scientific method: hypothesis
  • Design of proof: testing the hypothesis
  • Further problems in research design
  • Use of the library / by Joseph S. Komidar
  • Observation
  • Constructing a questionnaire
  • The mailed questionnaire
  • The interview
  • Probability and sampling
  • Scaling techniques: the basic problem
  • Scaling techniques: social distance, sociometric, and rating scales
  • Scaling techniques: ranking, internal consistency, and scalogram scales
  • Research and population
  • Some problems in qualitative and case analysis
  • The analysis of data
  • Preparing the report.