The history of content in social science is the history of fad, fashion, and momentary preoccupations, but the history of research methods is one of cumulative developments which have enabled us to ask increasingly precise and sophisticated questions about human behavior. In this sense, I believe progress in social science is mostly in the ability to ask questions, not in the ability to foresee the answers. (Davis 1964)

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奉献：James A. Davis：社会调查硕士

社会科学内容的历史是时尚、时尚和一时关注的历史，但研究方法的历史是累积发展之一，它使我们能够对人类行为提出越来越精确和复杂的问题。从这个意义上说，我认为社会科学的进步主要在于提出问题的能力，而不是预见答案的能力。（戴维斯 1964）