The Research Imagination: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

About this book

The idea that science is a blueprint for research and imagination gives research its life and purpose inspired this comprehensive explanation of research methodology. The authors decades of experience have revealed that research is a craft requiring judgment and creativity not simply memorization and application of the rules of science. This book covers a wide variety of data-collection techniques but presents them as reinforcing rather than competing with one another thus striking a balance between qualitative and quantitative methods and proving an essential resource for instructors and students of sociology.