Taking Sides in Social Research: Essays on Partisanship and Bias

ISBN-10: 0415202876
ISBN-13: 9780415202879
Category: Research
Pages: 212
Language: English
Published: 2000
Publisher: Psychology Press
Author: Martyn Hammersley

Description

The ideal that the goal of social research was the production of objective knowledge, and that this required a commitment to value neutrality, has been challenged in recent times. Here, Martyn Hammersley assesses the arguments.

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Taking Sides in Social Research: Essays on Partisanship and Bias
- 2000
- 196 pages
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- Psychology Press
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- 2005-08-12
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