The term “case study” has played a variety of roles, changing over time, in American
methodological discussion. This paper discusses the ways in which it has been used, and their …

‘D ocumentary research ‘is not a clearcut and well-recognized category, like survey research
or panticipant observation, in sociological method. It can hardly be regarded as constituting …

… these two projects are: Jennifer Platt, Report of Research into the Operation of the New
Pattern of BA Finals Assessment, O ctob er, 19 7 2, xeroxed ; J ennifer Platt , Realities of So cial …

This article presents evidence supporting the hypothesis that promoting gender equality
and women’s and girls’ empowerment (GEWE) leads to better health and development …

… Jennifer Platt … Goldthorpe, David Lockwood, Frank Bechhofer and Jennifer Platt …
Goldthorpe, David Lockwood, Frank Bechhofer and Jennifer Platt …

… Jennifer Platt discusses the production of methodological writing, showing that neither it nor
… JENNIFER PLATT is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sussex. Her publications …

T he" interview" has existed, and changed over time, both as a practice and as a
methodological term in current use. However, the practice has not always been theorized or …

Many writers hold that research method is necessarily determined by theory, and it is common
to suggest the relationship between functionalism and survey method in post-war US …

Improvements of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure and appropriate
health-seeking behavior are necessary for achieving sustained control, elimination, or …

Common understandings about the ancestry of “participant observation” as now defined are
historically misleading. In the prewar texts taken as ancestors, access to meanings was not …