Sociological research methods / edited by Martin Bulmer.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Problems, theories and methods in sociology--(how) do they interrelate? / Martin Bulmer -- Facts, concepts, theories and problems / Martin Bulmer -- Introduction and further reading / Martin Bulmer -- The meaning of relationships in social-survey analysis / Morris Rosenberg -- Problems with surveys: method or epistemology? / Catherine Marsh -- Introduction and further reading / Martin Bulmer -- The use of archival sources in social research / E. J. Webb, D.T. Campbell, R.D. Schwarz and L. Sechrest -- Why don't sociologists make more use of official statistics? / Martin Bulmer -- Introduction and further reading / Martin Bulmer -- The relevance of history to sociology / John H. Goldthorpe -- The historical study of family structure / Michael Anderson -- Class structure in early twentieth-century Salford / Robert Roberts -- Introduction and further reading / Martin Bulmer -- Of sociology and the interview / Mark Benney and Everett C. Hughes -- Asking questions (and listening to answers) / Irwin Deutscher -- Concepts in the analysis of qualitative data / Martin Bulmer -- Introduction and further reading / Martin Bulmer -- The category of pragmatic knowledge in sociological analysis / W. Baldamus -- Two methods in search of a substance / Lewis A. Coser.