The Resource Evidence, Howard S. Becker
Evidence, Howard S. Becker
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- Summary
- Howard S. Becker is a master of his discipline. His reputation as a teacher, as well as a sociologist, is supported by his best-selling quartet of sociological guidebooks: Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade, Telling About Society, and What About Mozart? What About Murder? It turns out that the master sociologist has yet one more trick up his sleeve, a fifth guidebook, Evidence. Becker has for seventy years been mulling over the problem of evidence. He argues that social scientists don't take questions about the usefulness of their data as evidence for their ideas seriously enough. For example, researchers have long used the occupation of a person's father as evidence of the family's social class, but studies have shown this to be a flawed measure -- for one thing, a lot of people answer that question too vaguely to make the reasoning plausible. The book is filled with examples like this, and Becker uses them to expose a series of errors, suggesting ways to avoid them, or even to turn them into research topics in their own right. He argues strongly that because no data-gathering method produces totally reliable information, a big part of the research job consists of getting rid of error. Readers will find Becker's newest guidebook a valuable tool, useful for social scientists of every variety.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 223 pages
- Contents
-
- Chief investigators and their helpers
- Inaccuracies in qualitative research
- Afterword: final thoughts
- What it's all about: data, evidence, and ideas.
- Models of inquiry: some historical background
- Ideas, opinions, and evidence
- How the natural scientists do it
- Who collects the data and how do they do it?
- Censuses
- Data gathered by government employees to document their work
- Hired hands and nonscientist data gatherers
- Isbn
- 9780226466231
- Label
- Evidence
- Title
- Evidence
- Statement of responsibility
- Howard S. Becker
- Subject
-
- Beweisführung
- Beweisführung
- Datenanalyse
- Datenanalyse
- Datenerhebung
- Datenerhebung
- Denkfehler
- Denkfehler
- Fehlschluss
- Fehlschluss
- Irrtum
- Irrtum
- Logik
- Logik
- Methodologie
- Arbeitstechnik
- Plausibilität
- Plausibilität
- Qualitative Methode
- Qualitative Methode
- Quantitative Methode
- Quantitative Methode
- Social sciences -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Philosophy
- Social sciences -- Philosophy
- Social sciences -- Philosophy
- Social sciences -- Research
- Social sciences -- Research
- Social sciences -- Research
- Methodologie
- Arbeitstechnik
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Howard S. Becker is a master of his discipline. His reputation as a teacher, as well as a sociologist, is supported by his best-selling quartet of sociological guidebooks: Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade, Telling About Society, and What About Mozart? What About Murder? It turns out that the master sociologist has yet one more trick up his sleeve, a fifth guidebook, Evidence. Becker has for seventy years been mulling over the problem of evidence. He argues that social scientists don't take questions about the usefulness of their data as evidence for their ideas seriously enough. For example, researchers have long used the occupation of a person's father as evidence of the family's social class, but studies have shown this to be a flawed measure -- for one thing, a lot of people answer that question too vaguely to make the reasoning plausible. The book is filled with examples like this, and Becker uses them to expose a series of errors, suggesting ways to avoid them, or even to turn them into research topics in their own right. He argues strongly that because no data-gathering method produces totally reliable information, a big part of the research job consists of getting rid of error. Readers will find Becker's newest guidebook a valuable tool, useful for social scientists of every variety.--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1928-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Becker, Howard Saul
- Dewey number
- 300.72/3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- H61
- LC item number
- .B433 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Social sciences
- Methodologie
- Qualitative Methode
- Quantitative Methode
- Arbeitstechnik
- Datenerhebung
- Datenanalyse
- Logik
- Plausibilität
- Beweisführung
- Fehlschluss
- Denkfehler
- Irrtum
- Label
- Evidence, Howard S. Becker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chief investigators and their helpers
- Inaccuracies in qualitative research
- Afterword: final thoughts
- What it's all about: data, evidence, and ideas.
- Models of inquiry: some historical background
- Ideas, opinions, and evidence
- How the natural scientists do it
- Who collects the data and how do they do it?
- Censuses
- Data gathered by government employees to document their work
- Hired hands and nonscientist data gatherers
- Control code
- 958780040
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 223 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226466231
- Lccn
- 2016043308
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
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- 40027297057
- 99973096498
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958780040
- Label
- Evidence, Howard S. Becker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Chief investigators and their helpers
- Inaccuracies in qualitative research
- Afterword: final thoughts
- What it's all about: data, evidence, and ideas.
- Models of inquiry: some historical background
- Ideas, opinions, and evidence
- How the natural scientists do it
- Who collects the data and how do they do it?
- Censuses
- Data gathered by government employees to document their work
- Hired hands and nonscientist data gatherers
- Control code
- 958780040
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 223 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226466231
- Lccn
- 2016043308
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 40027297057
- 99973096498
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)958780040
Subject
- Beweisführung
- Beweisführung
- Datenanalyse
- Datenanalyse
- Datenerhebung
- Datenerhebung
- Denkfehler
- Denkfehler
- Fehlschluss
- Fehlschluss
- Irrtum
- Irrtum
- Logik
- Logik
- Methodologie
- Arbeitstechnik
- Plausibilität
- Plausibilität
- Qualitative Methode
- Qualitative Methode
- Quantitative Methode
- Quantitative Methode
- Social sciences -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Philosophy
- Social sciences -- Philosophy
- Social sciences -- Philosophy
- Social sciences -- Research
- Social sciences -- Research
- Social sciences -- Research
- Methodologie
- Arbeitstechnik
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