On Becoming a Social Scientist From Survey Research and Participant Observation to Experimental Analysis 1st Edition – PDF/EPUB Version Downloadable

This autobiographical analysis of the many difficult issues, dilemmas, choices, and adjustments involved in becoming a social scientist highlights the strengths and limitations of two principal research methods: survey research and participant observation. It emphasizes how these research methods are actually experienced, in contrast to how they are ideally described in texts.