Tag: Robert K. Merton
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Robert K. Merton, Versatile Sociologist and Father of the Focus Group
By MICHAEL T. KAUFMAN Published: February 24, 2003 Robert K. Merton, one of the most influential sociologists of the 20th century, whose coinage of terms like ”self-fulfilling prophecy” and ”role models” filtered from his academic pursuits into everyday language, died yesterday. He was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Mr. Merton gained his pioneering reputation as…