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The research reported here is from the first national survey of British undergraduate attitudes to the methodological character of the discipline and specifically to quantitative methods.The study found that most sociology students saw their subject as closer to the humanities than the sciences. However, whilst as anticipated many students expressed anxiety about quantitative methods and 'number', a slight majority nevertheless expressed no such anxiety. The methodological issue for sociology is perhaps less to do with a numeric deficit and more to do with a lack of student interest in the use of quantitative methods. It may be concluded that the views held by present undergraduates do not augur well for a methodologically pluralist discipline in the future, or more generally for key numeric and analytic skills sociology graduates can bring to other professions and occupations. Copyright © 2008 BSA Publications Ltd®.
Author(s): Williams M, Payne G, Hodgkinson L, Poade D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Sociology
Year: 2008
Volume: 42
Issue: 5
Pages: 1003-1021
Print publication date: 01/10/2008
ISSN (print): 0038-0385
ISSN (electronic): 1469-8684
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038508094576
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508094576
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