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,BRYMAN’S SOCIAL RESEARCH
METHODS
SIXTH EDITION
TOM CLARK
LIAM FOSTER
LUKE SLOAN
ALAN BRYMAN
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,BRYMAN’S SOCIAL RESEARCH
METHODS
SIXTH EDITION
TOM CLARK
LIAM FOSTER
LUKE SLOAN
ALAN BRYMAN
Editorial advisor: Elena Vacchelli
, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the
University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing
worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in
certain other countries
© Oxford University Press 2021
The moral rights of the authors have been asserted
Third edition 2008
Fourth edition 2012
Fifth edition 2016
Impression: 1
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system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in
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reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department,
Oxford University Press, at the address above
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