中北大学学报(社会科学版)

《自杀论》全书分为五部分,作者沿着"提出问题→界定概念→研究假设的提出→假设检验→得出结论"此思路以实证方法对自杀率进行研究,以大量无可辩驳的论据论证:自杀率是一种社会现象。一种社会现象只有通过其他社会现象才能得到解释;这一研究过程充分体现了社会学实证研究方法的基本精神及思路,开创了定量分析法在社会研究中的运用。

On Suicide consists of five parts.In it,Durkheim puts forward such a theory as "raise a problem—define the concept—put forwad the hypothesis—test the hypothesis—draw a conclusion" to research the suicidal rate with the method of positivism.With a large number of irrefutable proof,he concludes that the suicidal rate is a kind of social phenomenon and a social phenomenon can be explained only through other social phenomena.This research process fully reflects the basic spirit and ideas of sociological research method of positivism and creates the use of quantitative analysis in social research.