Families in trouble / Earl Lomon Koos.

  • Koos, Earl Lomon, 1905-1960
Date:
1946
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Credit: Families in trouble / Earl Lomon Koos. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER ONE The Methodology of the Study ^ the choice of the procedure Research on the problem of family troubles may be conducted in several ways. One may identify a large number of troubles and treat them quantitatively, or a few troubles may be studied in great detail and treated qualitatively. Furthermore, one may study past troubles with the emphasis upon the most recent,^ or attention may be di¬ rected solely to troubles occurring during the period of research. In the latter case there is a further choice; either to concentrate upon a single trouble in great detail or to study all troubles experienced by a family in a given period of time. In this study the effort has been to concentrate upon all of the troubles experienced by the family over a period of time. This ap¬ proach was chosen because it appeared to offer the best opportunity for studying the family's experiences in toto. It was not possible, however, to disregard the effects of earlier troubles. A family's course of action in an earlier trouble situation 1. Pseudonyms are used in discussing families and in quoting individuals. While a similarity as to nationality has been maintained in the choice of the names, no other identification is to be construed. 2. If this is done, it involves the techniques used by Dr. Paul F. Lazarsfeld for studying the most recent (and presumably best remembered) instance in a series of similar events as a tool for market research. Cf. Paul F. Lazarsfeld, Use of Detailed Interviews in Marketing Research, Journal of Marketing, 2:3-8 (1937).
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