Unobtrusive measures; nonreactive research in the social sciences (Record no. 3938)
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| fixed length control field | 02300ahm a22001811a 4500 |
| 050 ## - CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | H62 |
| Item number | .W38 |
| 100 ## - AUTHOR | |
| Personal name | Eugene J Webb |
| 245 ## - TITLE | |
| Title | Unobtrusive measures; nonreactive research in the social sciences |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Eugene J Webb |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION | |
| Place of publication | Chicago, |
| Name of publisher | Rand McNally |
| Year of publication | 1966 |
| 300 ## - DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xii, 225 pages |
| Dimensions | 22 cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES | |
| SERIES | Rand McNally sociology series. |
| 500 ## - NOTES | |
| General note | <br/> |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Table of Content | 1. Approximations to Knowledge 1 --<br/>Operationism and Multiple Operations 3 --<br/>Interpretable Comparisons and Plausible Rival Hypotheses 5 --<br/>Internal and External Validity 10 --<br/>Sources of Invalidity of Measures 12 --<br/>An Interlude: The Measurement of Outcroppings 26 --<br/>The Access to Content 28 --<br/>Operating Ease and Validity Checks 31 --<br/>2. Physical Traces: Erosion and Accretion 35 --<br/>Natural Erosion Measures 37 --<br/>Natural Accretion Measures 39 --<br/>Controlled Erosion Measures 43 --<br/>Controlled Accretion Measures 44 --<br/>Transforming the Data: Corrections and Index Numbers 46 --<br/>An Over-All Evaluation of Physical Evidence Data 49 --<br/>3. Archives I: The Running Record 53 --<br/>Actuarial Records 57 --<br/>Political and Judicial Records 65 --<br/>Other Government Records 72 --<br/>The Mass Media 75 --<br/>Data Transformations and Indices of the Running Record 81 --<br/>Over-All Evaluation of Running Records 83 --<br/>4. Archives II: The Episodic and Private Record 89 --<br/>Sales Records 91 --<br/>Industrial and Institutional Records 99 --<br/>Written Documents 105 --<br/>5. Simple Observation 113 --<br/>Exterior Physical Signs 116 --<br/>Expressive Movement 120 --<br/>Physical Location 124 --<br/>Observation of Language Behavior: Conversation Sampling 128 --<br/>Time Duration 134 --<br/>Time Sampling and Observation 136 --<br/>Over-All Comments on Simple Observation 138 --<br/>6. Contrived Observation: Hidden Hardware and Control 143 --<br/>Hardware: Avoiding Human Instrument Error 143 --<br/>Hardware: Physical Supplanting of the Observer 150 --<br/>The Intervening Observer 156 --<br/>Entrapment 164 --<br/>Petitions and Volunteering 166 --<br/>An Over-All Appraisal of Hidden Hardware and Control 169 --<br/>7. A Final Note 173 --<br/>8. A Statistician on Method 185 --<br/>9. Cardinal Newman's Epitaph 187. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Social sciences -- Research. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Sciences sociales -- Recherche. |
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| Topical Term | Observatiemethoden. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Methodist University Library Main | Methodist University Library Main | General Stacks | Donation from Prof. Barth K. Yeboah USA | H62 .W38 | 4757 | Books |