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Conducting good research is critical to any student today. Writing good research papers is equally important--yet many students have not been given the proper tools to convey cogently the results of their research. This is intended to address and redress this need. This book is literally a step-by-step approach to the writing of an undergraduate or graduate level research paper in the field of economics.

Economics --- Report writing. --- Research. --- drafting --- presentation --- formatting --- data collection --- research hypotheses --- literature reviews --- research topics --- research questions --- regression --- regression models --- inference --- equation editing --- table design

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So far the "Science Wars" have generated far more heat than light. Combatants from one or the other of what C. P. Snow famously called "the two cultures" (science versus the arts and humanities) have launched bitter attacks but have seldom engaged in constructive dialogue about the central issues. In The One Culture?, Jay A. Labinger and Harry Collins have gathered together some of the world's foremost scientists and sociologists of science to exchange opinions and ideas rather than insults. The contributors find surprising areas of broad agreement in a genuine conversation about science, its legitimacy and authority as a means of understanding the world, and whether science studies undermines the practice and findings of science and scientists. The One Culture? is organized into three parts. The first consists of position papers written by scientists and sociologists of science, which were distributed to all the participants. The second presents commentaries on these papers, drawing out and discussing their central themes and arguments. In the third section, participants respond to these critiques, offering defenses, clarifications, and modifications of their positions. Who can legitimately speak about science? What is the proper role of scientific knowledge? How should scientists interact with the rest of society in decision making? Because science occupies such a central position in the world today, such questions are vitally important. Although there are no simple solutions, The One Culture? does show the reader exactly what is at stake in the Science Wars, and provides a valuable framework for how to go about seeking the answers we so urgently need. Contributors include: Constance K. Barsky, Jean Bricmont, Harry Collins, Peter Dear, Jane Gregory, Jay A. Labinger, Michael Lynch, N. David Mermin, Steve Miller, Trevor Pinch, Peter R. Saulson, Steven Shapin, Alan Sokal, Steven Weinberg, Kenneth G. Wilson

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This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empirical research underlying most empirical work. The goal is neither a whitewash nor capital punishment, but rather it is to reform and mold empirical research into an activity that contributes as much as possible to a rigorous understanding of society. Without worrying about defining science or even determining the essence of the scientific enterprise, the goal is one that pools together logical thinking and empirically determined information. One of the fundamental issues to be addressed in this volume: Are there questions currently studied that are basically unanswerable even if the investigator had ideal nonexperimental data? If so, what are the alternative questions that can be dealt with successfully by empirical social research, and how should they be approached? In the chapters ahead, it will be important to keep in mind this doctrine of the undoable. Of course, one cannot simply mutter ";undoable"; when a difficult obstacle is encountered, turn off the computer, and look in the want ads for a new job-or at least a new task. Instead, it means considering if there is some inherent logical reason or sociological force that makes certain empirical questions unanswerable. There are four types of undoable questions to consider: those that are inherently impossible; those that are premature; those that are overly complicated; and those that empirical and theoretical knowledge have nullified.

Sociology --- Social sciences --- Research --- Methodology. --- 303 --- #SBIB:303H10 --- 303 Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Methoden en technieken: algemene handboeken en reeksen --- Methods in social research (general) --- boyles law. --- causality. --- causation. --- conducting research. --- data collection. --- empiricism. --- evaluating data. --- logic. --- nonexperimental data. --- nonfiction. --- political science. --- quasi experiment. --- research assumptions. --- research methods. --- research questions. --- research. --- sampling problems. --- science. --- scientific enterprise. --- scientific method. --- scientific theory. --- selectivity. --- social research. --- social science. --- sociological methodology. --- sociology. --- variables.