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The Research Imagination presents a comprehensive treatment of research techniques for social science students and instructors. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative approaches, it explores data collection methods that reinforce rather than compete with one another, highlighting the role of human imagination alongside scientific rigor. The text examines the scientific method while acknowledging its critics, offering a balanced perspective suitable for a broad range of research settings, from intimate interviews to large-scale societal analyses.
First publish date: 2003
Genre: Science/Biology
Authors: Paul S. Gray
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