1st Edition

Social Research Techniques for Planners

By Thomas L. Burton, Gordon Cherry Copyright 1970
138 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1970 Social Planning Techniques for Town Planners introduces social research methods for town planners. The book places an emphasis on social research within the planning process, and addresses the problem faced by the research worker at successive stages of a research project. It outlines the major conceptual and organizational problems likely to be encountered in any... Read more

Preface

1. Social Research and the Town Planner

2. Stages in a Research Project

3. Self-Administered and Interview Surveys

4. Questionnaire Design

5. Profile Data

6. Samples and Sampling Methods

7. Data Analysis

8. Non-Survey Research Techniques

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Thomas Burton, Gordon Cherry