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- Publications
- Influence
Notes on the Concept of Commitment
- H. Becker
- Sociology
- American Journal of Sociology
- 1 July 1960
The concept of commitment is widely used but has received little formal analysis. It contains an implicit explanation of one mechanism producing consistent human behavior. Commitments come into being… Expand
Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It
- H. Becker
- Computer Science
- 19 January 1998
TLDR
Justice without Trial: Law Enforcement in Democratic Society
- H. Becker, J. Skolnick
- Sociology
- 1 June 1967
Problems of Inference and Proof in Participant Observations
- H. Becker
- Sociology
- 1 December 1958
The kinds of data it can provide are limited, of course, to those which represent objective events and which are subject to recall with a reasonable degree of accuracy. The validity of our results… Expand
Becoming a Marihuana User
- H. Becker
- Psychology
- American Journal of Sociology
- 1 November 1953
An individual will be able to use marihuana for pleasure only when he 1. learns to smoke it in a way that will produce real effects; 2. learns to recognize the effects and connect them with drug use;… Expand
What Is a Case?: Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry
Introduction 1. Cases of 'what is a case?' Charles C. Ragin Part I. Cases Are Found: 2. Small Ns and community case studies Douglas Harper 3. What do cases do? Some notes on activity in sociological… Expand
Boys in White: Student Culture in Medical School.
- Ivan Belknap, H. Becker, Blanche Geer, E. Hughes, A. Strauss
- Psychology
- 1 December 1962
Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article
- H. Becker
- Psychology
- 15 December 2007
Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures - most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious prose,… Expand