Sociologists who seek to understand their subjects of study in a holistic way often use the participant observer strategy of information gathering. In this scenario, a researcher joins in the daily ...

The study of decision-making by public officials in administrative settings has been a mainstay of law and society scholarship for decades. The methodological challenges posed by this research agenda ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A twenty-week observation on a closed ward of a mental hospital is reported. The method used was non-participant observation with a special ...

Psychometrics – coined from the Greek words for mental and measurement – refers to the field in psychology devoted to testing, measurement, assessment and related activities. The psychometrics field ...