“The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research.” The capacity to be upset, to recognize anomalies for what they are, and to track them down and figure out what in our understanding is lacking:

Stanley Presser sends along this article, “The Role of Doubt in Conceiving Research.” Presser has taught for many years at the University of Maryland but not when I was a student there, also he teaches sociology and I’ve never taken … Continue reading → …