General Note:
"Paul Lazarsfeld's work in survey research and mathematical sociology [by] James S. Coleman": pages [395]-409. "An introduction to Lazarsfeld's philosophical papers [by] Raymond Boudon": [410]-427. "Abstracted empiricism [by] C. Wright Mills": pages [428]-440.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
HISTORICAL ESSAYS -- Notes on the History of Concept Formation -- Historical Notes on the Empirical Study of Action: An Intellectual Odyssey -- Mass Media of Communication in Modern Society -- CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY -- The Role of Criticism in the Management of Mass Media -- The Mass Media and the Intellectual Community -- Administrative and Critical Communications Research -- Critical Theory and Dialectics -- QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES -- The Art of Asking Why -- Progress and Fad in Motivation Research -- Some Principles of Classification in Social Research -- A Typology of Disposition Concepts -- On Becoming an Immigrant -- EXCHANGE WITH NEIGHBORS -- Philosophy of Science and Empirical Social Research -- The Obligations of the 1950 Pollster to the 1984 Historian -- Public Opinion Research and the Classical Tradition -- ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES -- The Sociology of Empirical Social Research -- International Sociology as a Sociological Problem -- A Professional School for Training in Social Research -- EXPERT WITNESSES -- Paul Lazarsfeld's Work in Survey Research and Mathematical Sociology / James S. Coleman -- An Introduction to Lazarsfeld's Philosophical Papers / Raymond Boudon -- Abstracted Empiricism / C. Wright Mills.
Action Note:
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