Introduction

problems, theories and methods in sociology — (how) do they interrelate?

Martin Bulmer

1-33

Facts, concepts, theories and problems

Martin Bulmer

37-50

Introduction and further reading

Martin Bulmer

53-64

The meaning of relationships in social-survey analysis

Morris Rosenberg

65-81

Problems with surveys

method or epistemology?

Catherine Marsh

82-102

Introduction and further reading

Martin Bulmer

105-112

The use of archival sources in social research

E. J. Webb, D. T. Campbell, R. D. Schwarz, L. Sechrest

113-130

Why don't sociologists make more use of official statistics?

Martin Bulmer

131-152

Introduction and further reading

Martin Bulmer

155-161

The relevance of history to sociology

John H. Goldthorpe

162-174

Class structure in early twentieth-century Salford

Robert Roberts

192-205

Introduction and further reading

Martin Bulmer

209-214

Of sociology and the interview

Mark Benney, Everett C. Hughes

215-224

Asking questions (and listening to answers)

a review of some sociological precedents and problems

Irwin Deutscher

225-240

Concepts in the analysis of qualitative data

Martin Bulmer

241-262

Introduction and further reading

Martin Bulmer

265-275

The category of pragmatic knowledge in sociological analysis

W. Baldamus

276-293

Two methods in search of a substance

Lewis Coser

294-307