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Methodology of Sociological Research

General Problems

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  • © 1977

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Authors:
  1. Stefan Nowak
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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 82)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Formulation of the Research Problem and the Choice of the Right Methods

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 1-42

  3. Social Phenomena and Processes

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 43-94

  4. Concepts and Indicators

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 95-158

  5. Kinds of Propositions

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 159-240

  6. Substantiation of Statements. Empirical Verification of Hypotheses

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 241-316

  7. Explanation of Events

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 317-356

  8. Construction of Theories

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 357-440

  9. Prediction of Events and Practical Applications of Research Results

    • Stefan Nowak
    Pages 441-497

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 499-504
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About this book

This is the first part of a textbook for students of sociology, and for those students of other social sciences who wish to make use in their work of the research methods elaborated in the course of the develop­ ment of empirical sociology over the last few decades. The development of empirical sociological research in our country and the growing demand both for a practical application of its results and for graduates of sociological studies in various fields of social practice testifies to a much broader trend. It is evidence of a desire to base our understanding and conscious transformation of social phenom­ ena on a sound, scientific perception of social processes and the mechanisms governing them. The increasing volume of studies in Poland is accompanied by a growing need for a particular type of re­ search method, namely one in which questions addressed to the socio­ logist would be answered in a manner as free as possible of conclusions based on impressions and defining as unambiguously as possible both the limits of the generality and the degree of validity of the inferences drawn from the results of the research. These conditions are met by the so-called standardized methods of investigating social phenomena which, together with statistical methods of analyzing collected material, consti­ tute the principal means of conducting sociological research in the world today.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Methodology of Sociological Research

  • Book Subtitle: General Problems

  • Authors: Stefan Nowak

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1117-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: PWN—Polish Scientific Publishers—Warszawa 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0486-3Due: 30 April 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-1119-8Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1117-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 521

  • Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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