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Investigators: Richard A. Peterson and John Ryan
Population: Songwriters (country music)
Identification method: Unavailable in secondary source reviewed (Sociological Abstracts AN84N8014).
Sampling procedure: Unavailable in secondary source reviewed.
N and Response rate: Unavailable in secondary source reviewed.
Publication: Peterson, Richard A. and John Ryan. 1983. "Success, Failure, and Anomie in Arts and Crafts Work: Breaking into Commercial Country Music Songwriting." Research in the Sociology of Work, 2: 301-323.
Summary: The study investigates the characteristics of occupational entry in country music songwriting based on personal experience, participant observation, interviews, and data on 360 songs listed in Billboard in 4 issues published at 6-month intervals. The study focussed on the frequency of hit songs by novice songwriters, with the interviews supplementing chart data.