Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

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WRITING THE RESEARCH REPORT AND THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH


  1. See “NIH FY 1991 Budget Rescinded by $3.1 Mil-
    lion, Congress Objects to 31 Research Projects Funded
    by NSF,”The Blue Sheet(F-D-C Reports, Inc.) (May 27,
    1992), p. 3.

  2. Nature Neuroscience Editorial (2005).

  3. See Brainard and Borrego (2003), Brainard and
    Southwick (2001), Cordes (1998), Payne (2003a,
    2003b), and Savage (2001) on rapidly increasing pork
    barrel academic spending.

  4. See Golder (1996).

  5. Lawrence Altman, “Experts See Bias in Drug Data,”
    New York Times(April 29, 1997).

  6. See Punch (1986:18–19; 49–69) and Sheryl Gay
    Stolberg, “Gifts to Science Researchers Have Strings,
    Study Finds,”New York Times(April 1, 1998). On
    the nursing home “SLAPP suit,” see Greenhouse, “Cor-
    nell Professor Fights a Slander Suit,”New York Times


(April 1, 1998), and news report of Morning Edition, Na-
tional Public Radio (April 27, 1998).


  1. See Block (2003), Clymer (2002), Krider (2004),
    Lee (2003), and Union of Concerned Scientists (2004).

  2. For more discussion on how researchers select re-
    search questions or problems, see Gieryn (1978) and
    Zuckerman (1978).

  3. See Brym (1980) on role of intellectuals in society.

  4. Marsh (1984), Noelle-Neumann (1974, 1984), and
    Price (1989) discussed the effects of research results on
    subsequent public behavior and opinion.

  5. Bartiz (1960), Schrecker (1986), Schwendinger and
    Schwendinger (1974), and Silva and Slaughter (1980)
    discuss the history of social researchers in society.

  6. Committees on the Status of Women in Sociology
    (1986).

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