LEADER 03386nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910455522603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35531-7 010 $a9786612355318 010 $a0-520-90842-2 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520908420 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765448 035 $a(EBL)470867 035 $a(OCoLC)609849959 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000362757 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12092047 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362757 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10399214 035 $a(PQKB)11522677 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470867 035 $a(DE-B1597)518890 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520908420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470867 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676305 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235531 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765448 100 $a19841115d1985 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking it count$b[electronic resource] $ethe improvement of social research and theory /$fStanley Lieberson 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc1985 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-06037-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-251) and index. 327 $apt. 1. Current practices -- pt. 2. Toward a solution. 330 $aThis title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empirical research underlying most empirical work. The goal is neither a whitewash nor capital punishment, but rather it is to reform and mold empirical research into an activity that contributes as much as possible to a rigorous understanding of society. Without worrying about defining science or even determining the essence of the scientific enterprise, the goal is one that pools together logical thinking and empirically determined information. One of the fundamental issues to be addressed in this volume: Are there questions currently studied that are basically unanswerable even if the investigator had ideal nonexperimental data? If so, what are the alternative questions that can be dealt with successfully by empirical social research, and how should they be approached? In the chapters ahead, it will be important to keep in mind this doctrine of the undoable. Of course, one cannot simply mutter ";undoable"; when a difficult obstacle is encountered, turn off the computer, and look in the want ads for a new job-or at least a new task. Instead, it means considering if there is some inherent logical reason or sociological force that makes certain empirical questions unanswerable. There are four types of undoable questions to consider: those that are inherently impossible; those that are premature; those that are overly complicated; and those that empirical and theoretical knowledge have nullified. 606 $aSociology$xResearch$xMethodology 606 $aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSociology$xResearch$xMethodology. 615 0$aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology. 676 $a301/.072 700 $aLieberson$b Stanley$f1933-$01046187 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455522603321 996 $aMaking it count$92472932 997 $aUNINA