The place of survey research in the social sciences

This page is concerned with the debate on research methodology: links are to pages on this site

Mark Abrams
Social Surveys and Social Action
(Heinemann, 1951)

Mark Abrams
Social Surveys, Social Theory and Social Policy
(paper to special conference session, LSE, 1974)

Cathie Marsh
The Survey Method: the contribution of surveys to sociological explanation 
(George, Allen & Unwin 1982)

See also:
Martin Bulmer
Critical Note: Social survey research and postgraduate training in sociological method
(Sociology, Vol 6, No 2, 1972)

Cathie Marsh
Problems with Surveys: Method or Epistemology?
(Sociology 13, 1979)

Glock C Y. [Ed]
Survey Research in the Social Sciences
(Russell Sage Foundation 1967)

James D Wright and Peter V. Marsden
Survey Research and Social Science: History, Current Practice and Future Prospects
in Peter V Marsden & James D Wright  [Eds] Handbook of Survey Research (2nd edition, Emerald, 2010)