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What is social research? What are some alternative sources of knowledge? What distinguishes social research from these alternatives?
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Basics of Social Research, Canadian Edition

Basics of Social Research, Canadian Edition


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•   Social research is a process in which a researcher combines a set of principles, outlooks, and ideas with a collection of specific practices, techniques, and strategies to produce knowledge.
•   Alternative sources of knowledge are authority, tradition, common sense, media myths, and personal experience.
•   Science distinguishes social research from these alternative sources of knowledge.
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