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This chapter provides illustrated guidelines for analyzing historical data in social work and social welfare. It argues that the analysis of historical data is really an interpretation, or a reinterpretation, of obtainable materials. In looking at history, researchers do not develop new data, but rather rearrange existing data according to a new hypothesis; the study's hypothesis is the core of the analysis. Once the data have been retrieved and pondered, it is time to cull them for ndings and conclusions, to advance the inquiry from the known to the unknown, and to form a cohesive narrative that will stand the test of scholarly criticism. This is often the most exciting part of the work. Crafting the authentic source materials into a meaningful, clear-eyed writing of history is in itself deeply rewarding. This is where the researcher asserts the value of the study, bears responsibility for its reliability and validity, and undertakes the challenge of answering a historical problem. This may take many revisions. As the American poet and pundit Dorothy Parker commented, "I can't write ve words but that I change seven." While standard research studies in the social and behavioral sci

Author

Elizabeth Ann Danto

Publisher

Oxford University Press, U.S.A.

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199715596

Subjects

Sociology, History, Science