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1、UnderstandingUnderstandingsocialresearchintroducesthenoviceresearchertotheworldofsocialresearch.Itexplainsthefundamentallogicofsocialresearchinanewandsimpleway.Italsodescribesindetailthestandardstagesintheresearchprocessandthemethodologicalprinciplestha
2、tunderlineeachofthem.Oneoftheexceptionalfeaturesofthebookisitsemphasisontheroleofsocialresearchresearchdesigninmaximisingthevalidityinalldecisionmakinginresearch.Inthisrespect,thereaderwillfindtheideaofavalidityframeworkhelpful.ThebookisUnderstandingpri
3、marilyaimedatstudentsinthesocial,educationalandhumansciences,butsocialresearchresearchersingovernment,non-govern-mentalorganisationsandresearchinstituteswillfindituseful.JohannMoutonistheseniorauthorofBasicconceptsinthemethodologyofthesocialscienceswhic
4、hiswidelyusedinuniversities.HewaspreviouslyheadofJohannMoutonJohannMoutontheCentreforResearchMethodologyattheHumanSciencesResearchCouncilandDirectoroftheCentreforScienceDevelopment.HisnewacademichomeistheUniversityofStellenboschwhereJ.L.vanSchaikheteach
5、esintheDepartmentofACADEMICSociologyanddirectstheCentreforInterdisciplinaryStudies.ISBN0627021638BLACKPLATECYANPLATEMAGENTAPLATEYELLOWPLATEPrelimsnew1/14/028:52AMPageiiPrelimsnew1/14/028:52AMPageiiPrelimsnew1/14/028:52AMPageiiiUnderstandingsocialresearc
6、hJohannMoutonVanSchaikPUBLISHERSiiiPrelimsnew1/14/028:52AMPageivPublishedbyVanSchaikPublishers,1064ArcadiaStreet,Hat?eld,PretoriaAllrightsreservedCopyright?1996VanSchaikPublishersNopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanyelectronicorme
7、chanicalmeans,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher.Firstedition1996Secondimpression1998Thirdimpression2002ISBN0627021638CoverdesignbyIaanBekkerTypesetin10?on12ptPlantinbyP
8、ace-Setting&Graphics,PretoriaPrintedandboundbyNBD/PaarlPrint,DrukkeryStreet,CapeTown.ivPrelimsnew1/14/028:52AMPagevPrefaceTheaimofthisbookistointroducenoviceresearcherstotheworldofsocialscienceresearch.Unlikesomeoftheother‘worlds