Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource, Part I - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Basic Research In The Behavioral And Social Sciences

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309032784 ISBN 13: 9780309032780

Publisher: National Academies Press, 1982

Synopsis

Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. This report identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that have developed analytic frameworks of high social utility and describes the development of these frameworks and their utilization. It also identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that are likely to be of high value, significance, and/or social utility in the near future, reviews the current state of knowledge in these areas, and indicates research efforts needed to bring these areas to their full potential.

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Nature and Methods of the Behavioral and Social Sciences
• 3. Knowledge From the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Examples
• 4. The Uses of Social and Behavioral Research
• 5. The National Interest in the Support of Basic Research
• References
• Appendix A: Contents of Part II
• Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff

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Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council

About this edition

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0309032784
• ISBN 13: 9780309032780
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 135