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049 _aAlfaisal Main Library
050 0 _aH51
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245 0 0 _aPhilosophical foundations of social research methods
_h[electronic resource] /
_cedited by Malcolm Williams.
260 _aLondon :
_bSAGE,
_c2006.
300 _a1 online resource (4 v. (various pagings)) :
_bill.
490 1 _aSAGE benchmarks in social research methods
505 0 _av. 1. Social research as science or art -- v. 2. Philosophical issues in research strategies -- v. 3. Social reality and social context of social research -- v. 4. New strategies in social reasearch.
520 8 _aThe 'philosophy of social research' is a subset of the philosophy of social science, but also an important subject area spanning methodology and method. The articles in this collection are the best exemplars of key positions in a very wide disciplinary field. Topics covered include science and art in the history of social research, positivism and antipositivism, language and the linguistic turn, realism and anti-realism, theory and theory choice, logic and models, prediction and laws, interpretation, probability and complexity.
521 _aSpecialized.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xResearch.
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xResearch
_xPhilosophy.
650 0 _aSocial sciences
_xPhilosophy.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aWilliams, Malcolm,
_d1953-
710 2 _aSage eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
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830 0 _aSAGE benchmarks in social research methods.
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