Theory construction and model-building skills : a practical guide for social scientists / James Jaccard, Jacob Jacoby.
Material type:
TextSeries: Methodology in the social sciencesPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: xx, 391 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1606233394
- 9781606233399
- 1606233408
- 9781606233405
- 300.72 22
- H62 .J29 2010
Contents:
Introduction -- The nature of understanding -- Science as an approach to understanding -- Creativity and the generation of ideas -- Focusing concepts -- Clarifying relationships using thought experiments -- Causal models -- Mathematical modeling -- Simulation as a theory development method -- Grounded and emergent theory -- Historically influential systems of thought -- Reading and writing about theories -- Epilogue.
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| Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 300.72 JAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A452311B |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378) and index.
Introduction -- The nature of understanding -- Science as an approach to understanding -- Creativity and the generation of ideas -- Focusing concepts -- Clarifying relationships using thought experiments -- Causal models -- Mathematical modeling -- Simulation as a theory development method -- Grounded and emergent theory -- Historically influential systems of thought -- Reading and writing about theories -- Epilogue.
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