Making Sense of Social Research

A textbook on research methods in the social sciences. Williams emphasizes the inter-relationship of theory and method; sets out principles in an uncomplicated way even at the risk of occasional over-simplification and the necessity of revision later; and insists on the scientific dimension of social research as a potential path to more reliable knowledge, itself requisite to making the world more just and equitable. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR