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Minorities: Methodological Questions in Relation to Slovenes in Carinthia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
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Methodology can be defined as “the principles of organized investigation.” It deals primarily with the question how to arrive at substantive knowledge about the subject under investigation. It is an indispensable tool for scientific work without which the quality of the acquired knowledge would be at the best haphazardous and at worst erroneous.
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- Symposium (The Carinthian Slovenes)
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1. McKinney, John C., “Methodology, Procedures and Techniques in Sociology,” in Becker, H. and Boskoff, A., eds., Modern Sociological Theory in Continuity and Change (New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1957, pp. 186–235.Google Scholar
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8. Quoted in Slovenska država, Oct. 1978.Google Scholar
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