Review article
Use of sources documented in sociological research
Marija Lončar
Abstract
The use of documents in social research is the least explained research technique in the methodological literature. Therefore, the paper highlights the importance of documented sources, which represent a challenge to conventional research approaches.
Documentary research refers to analysis of documents containing information about a phenomenon intended to explore. However, documented sources are often ignored in the social sciences, and used only as an additional source of data. The research documented
sources requires a structured methodological approach, which involves assessing the quality of the documents and situating it within the theoretical context in order to understand the content of documents. Disciplinary character of modern sociology necessarily
involves different research materials, methods and ways of analyzing from other social sciences and humanities, which therefore may be used in sociological research.
Keywords
documentary sources; sociological research; the quality of documents; content analysis; an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary context
Hrčak ID:
117714
URI
Publication date:
22.3.2011.
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