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Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences Robert Alan Stebbins

Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences By Robert Alan Stebbins

Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences by Robert Alan Stebbins


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Guided by the precept that to understand any phenomenon well it is necessary to start by looking at it in broad, nonspecialized terms, Robert Stebbins takes the reader through the process of exploratory research, providing the student or researcher with a complete reference for carrying out this type of research.

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Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences by Robert Alan Stebbins

Guided by the precept that to understand any phenomenon well, it is necessary to start by looking at it in broad, nonspecialized terms, Robert A Stebbins takes the reader through the process of exploratory research in an easy-to-read style providing the student or researcher with a complete reference for carrying out this type of research.

About Robert Alan Stebbins

Robert A. Stebbins, FRSC, is Faculty Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Calgary. He received his Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of Minnesota. Author of 30 books and monographs as well as over 150 articles and chapters in several areas of social science, his most recent works include: New Directions in the Theory and Research of Serious Leisure (Edwin Mellen, 2001), Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences (Sage, 2001), and The Organizational Basis of Leisure Participation: A Motivational Exploration (Venture Publications, 2002). Between Work and Leisure (Transaction Publishers) appeared in 2004 and Challenging Mountain Nature (Detselig), a study of three mountain hobbyist sports, will be published in fall, 2005. He is presently writing for Indiana University Press (with David Horton Smith and Michael Dover) A Dictionary of Nonprofit Terms and Concepts. Stebbins was elected Fellow of the Academy of Leisure Sciences in 1996 and, in 1999, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction What Is Exploration? Exploring Exploration Illustrated Writing Up Exploratory Research The Explorer Exploration Its Future in the Information Age

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CIN0761923993G
9780761923992
0761923993
Exploratory Research in the Social Sciences by Robert Alan Stebbins
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
20010716
80
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