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Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory [Hardcover]

Stanley Lieberson (Author)

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Hardcover: 270 pages
Publisher: Univ of California Pr (May 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520053508
ISBN-13: 978-0520053502
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,415,038 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Introduction to Structural Equation Models (Studies in Population) by Otis Dudley Duncan in Back Matter
The Idea of a Social Science: And its Relation to Philosophy by Peter Winch in Back Matter
Demography of Racial and Ethnic Groups by F.D. Bean in Back Matter
Equality of Educational Opportunity (Perennial works in sociology) by James Samuel Coleman in Back Matter
Rules of Sociological Method by Emile Durkheim in Back Matter

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What Is a Case?: Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry by Charles C. Ragin in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 118
A Handbook for Social Science Field Research: Essays & Bibliographic Sources on Research Design and Methods by Ellen Perecman on page 40, page 158, and page 234
A Handbook for Social Science Field Research: Essays & Bibliographic Sources on Research Design and Methods by Ellen Perecman on page 40, page 158, and page 234
Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory (Studies in Rationality and Social Change) by Peter Hedström on page 29, and page 266
Feminization of the Clergy in America: Occupational and Organizational Perspectives by Paula D. Nesbitt in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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