Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Paul Lazarsfeld
Born: February 13, 1901
Died: August 30, 1976 (aged 75)
Bio: Paul Felix Lazarsfeld was an American sociologist. The founder of Columbia University's Bureau of Applied Social Research, he exerted influence over the techniques and the organization of social research.
Known for:
- Radio and the printed page (1940)
- Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal (1933)
- Language of social research
- Readings in mathematical social science (1966)