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1、1MixedMethodDataCollectionStrategiesSocialscientistshavelongreliedonawiderangeoftoolstocollectinformationaboutthesocialworld,butasindividualfieldshavebecomemorespecialized,researchersaretrainedtouseanarrowrangeofthepossibledatacollectionmethods.Thisbookdrawsonaboardrang
2、eofavailablesocialdatacollectionmethodstoformulateanewsetofdatacollectionapproachesthatcombineselementsofthoseexistingmethods.Thenewapproachesdescribedhereareidealforsocialscienceresearcherswhoplantocollectnewdataaboutpeople,organizations,orsocialprocesses.Themethodsthe
3、authorspresentaredesignedtocreateacomprehensiveempiricaldescriptionofthesubjectbeingstudied,withanemphasisonaccumulatingtheinformationneededtounderstandwhatcauseswhat,withaminimumoferror.Inadditiontoprovidingmethodologicalmotivationandunderlyingprinciples,thebookisfille
4、dwithdetailedinstructionsandconcreteexamplesforthosewhowishtoapplythemethodstotheirownresearch.WilliamG.AxinnisaSociologistDemographerandResearchProfessorattheSurveyResearchCenterandPopulationStudiesCenteroftheInstituteforSocialResearchatthe2UniversityofMichigan.Hehasdi
5、rectedthePopulationandEcologyResearchLaboratoryinNepelforthirteenyears.LisaD.PearceisanAssistantProfessorofSociologyattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHill.HerresearcharticleshaveappearedinjournalssuchastheAmericanSociologicalReview,SocialForces,SociologicalMethodolo
6、gy,andJournalfortheScientificStudyofReligion.3NewPerspectivesonAnthropologicalandSocialDemographySerieseditors:DavidI.KertzerandDennisP.Hogan(BrownUniversity)Associateeditors:JackCaldwell,AndrewCherlin,TomFricke,FrancisGoldscheider,SusanGreenhalgh,andRichardSmithDemorgr
7、aphydealswithissuesofgreatsocialimportance,anddemographicresearchfuelssomeofthecentralcurrentpolicydebatesofourtime.Yet,demographictheoryhasnotchangedmuchovertheyears,andoldandsometimesinappropriatemodelsarestillbeingappliedtonewproblems.Increasingly,however,demographer
8、shavebecomeawareofthelimitationsofstandardsurveysandstatistics,andaremovingtoincorporatetheoreticalandmethodol