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In 1956, the Free Press published a report of Columbia's Bureau of Applied Social Research - co-authored by Merton, Marjorie Fiske and Patricia I.Kendall - which outlined a set of techniques aimed at eliciting the specific responses of individuals and groups to particular events and situations. The book may be regarded as seminal within sociology, spawning a whole field of qualitative opinion research that has continued to evolve through half a century of inquiry. This is a reissue of the book, with a new preface by Merton, a select bibliography of writings on the focused interview and focus group research, and a new introduction that traces the diffusion of Merton's technique from sociology to other fields, including history, psychology, mass media and marketing research.Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster
ISBN-139780029209868
eBay Product ID (ePID)91351199
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameFocused Interview
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMarketing
Publication Year1990
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Work, Experimental Psychology
AuthorRobert K. Merton
Dimensions
Item Height214 mm
Item Weight253 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorRobert K. Merton