Survey Research and Social Policy

James D. Wright
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James D. Wright: Tulane University

Evaluation Review, 1988, vol. 12, issue 6, 595-606

Abstract: This article reviews the historical linkages between the evolution of the survey research method and applied social research, arguing that most or all of the elements of the modern survey were devoloped in response to immediate, practical (as opposed to academic or disciplinary) concerns. In contrast, the utility of survey data and methods in advancing the more basic social science disciplines was a rather late recognition. Although surveys similar to those of the modern day were being conducted in the nineteenth century, academic scholars referred to the method as 'a new research technigue' as late as 1961.

Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8801200601

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