Cover: Distorting Tendencies in Research on the Homeless

Distorting Tendencies in Research on the Homeless

Published in: American Behavioral Scientist, v. 37, no. 4, Feb. 1994, p. 461-475

Posted on RAND.org on February 01, 1994

by David A. Snow, Leon Anderson, Paul Koegel

The authors argue that the most common research strategy used to study homeless individuals unwittingly presents a distorted picture of the very phenomenon it seeks to illuminate and understand.

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