The article deals with the problem of revealing cause–effect relations in the social research by a complex of statistical methods. The ways for solving the problem for experimental and non-experimental data are regarded. In the research the role of the statistical methods in formation of...

Participation has become a buzzword and lost much of its impact. Nevertheless, there are enough arguments to revisit the concept and its use in social research. One of them is that it is part of a tradition of action and participatory research which acquired specific features in different parts...

In my contribution I want to investigate, from a theoretical point of view but also with methodological and practical consequences, the qualitative role of metaphor in social research. As tool able to improve and facilitate the visualization of complex ideas and states of mind, this rhetorical...

Reflecting on my experience of leading several qualitative research projects to investigate \'sensitive\' topics with potentially \'vulnerable\' participants, this paper considers the impact and consequences of increased ethical regulation in relation to my own research field and social research...

Маркетинговая деятельность в современном обществе прибрела множество разновидностей, сохраняя существенную связь с процессами обмена. Инновации социального...

The volume „Filosofia socială construcŃionistă. DirecŃii epistemice, etice si pragmatice” (Social Constructionist Philosophy. Epistemic, Ethic and Pragmatic Directions) brings to the attention of the reader the most significant news in research conducted in transmodern paradigm. The...