The Fundamental Purpose of Social Research As Herbert J. Rubin suggests, the primary aim of academic research is for sociologists, political scientists, or anthropologists to seek answers to theoretical questions in their respective fields. Conversely, the goal of applied social research is to make data usable for decision-making. Dimensions of Social Research Social research comes in various forms and can be classified in different ways: … Okumaya devam et Navigating the Social Research Landscape: Lawrence Neuman’s Insights-1