Research Confidential: Solutions to Problems Most Social Scientists Pretend They Never Have

by Eszter Hargittai

Book Overview

"We all know that the actual process of empirical research is a messy, complicated business that at best only approximates the models we impart to students. Research Confidential pulls back the curtain on this process, laying bare the sordid details of the research process, but doing so in a way that respects the ideals of social research and that provides useful lessons for young scholars. It should be required reading for our research...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472050265
• ISBN13: 9780472050260
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"