TY - BOOK AU - Hunt,Morton M. TI - Profiles of social research: the scientific study of human interactions SN - 0871543931 AV - H62 .H747 1985 U1 - 300/.72 19 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Russell Sage Foundation KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Ciencias sociales KW - Investigaci�on KW - EE. UU KW - Estudio con casos KW - Sciences sociales KW - Recherche KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Cas, �Etudes de KW - fast KW - Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek KW - gtt KW - Empirische Sozialforschung KW - gnd KW - swd N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-321) and index; Part I. Overview -- 1. The world of social research -- Part II. Five case histories of social research -- 2. The dilemma in the classroom: a cross-sectional survey measures the effects of segregated schooling -- 3. Sampling social reality: a complex new survey measures the impact of the government's social programs on the American family -- 4. One thing at a time: a series of laboratory experiments explores the antisocial tendency of people working in groups to secretly do less than their best -- 5. The slowest, costliest, but best (and worst) of methods: two long-term studies, tracking nearly 800 people over many years, find that many of our beliefs about human aging are incorrect -- 6. Twenty thousand volunteers: a massive real-world experiment tests a bold proposal to combat poverty by means of a guaranteed annual income UR - http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz019925522inh.htm UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1602/85060759-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1602/85060759-d.html ER -