The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods

Craig McLean

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By: Craig McLean
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Chapter DOI:https://doi.org/10.4135/9780857020116
Subject:Anthropology, Business and Management, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Communication and Media Studies, Counseling and Psychotherapy, Economics, Education, Geography, Health, History, Marketing, Nursing, Political Science and International Relations, Psychology, Social Policy and Public Policy, Social Work, Sociology

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Research that has been produced by a completely impartial and dispassionate researcher. The proposition is that if a researcher can conduct a study shorn of his or her own particular beliefs, ...

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