This book shows students the steps involved in the research process, the various strategies for conducting a valid social inquiry, and most importantly, the per

What constitutes a causal explanation, and must an explanation be causal? What warrants a causal inference, as opposed to a descriptive regularity? What techniq

Constructing Social Research answers the question: What is social science? Updated throughout with new references and examples, the Third Edition of this innova

Includes the section "Book notes".

Arthur L. Stinchcombe has earned a reputation as a leading practitioner of methodology in sociology and related disciplines. Throughout his distinguished career