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Social science methodology : a criterial framework / John Gerring.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Description: xx, 300 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0521801133
  • 9780521801133
  • 0521805139
  • 9780521805131
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300 23
LOC classification:
  • H61 .G466 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- 1. The problem of unity amidst diversity -- 2. A criterial framework -- Part I. Concepts : -- 3. Concepts: general criteria -- 4. Strategies of definition -- Part II. Propositions : -- 5. Propositions: general criteria -- 6. Description and prediction -- 7. Causation -- Part III. Research design : -- 8. Research design: general criteria -- 9. Methods -- 10. Strategies of research design -- Postscript: Justifications.
Summary: "This book offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology, relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology... It synthesizes the vast and diverse field of methodology in a way that is clear, concise, and comprehensive. While offering a handy overview of the subject, the book is also an argument about how we should conceptualize methodological problems."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- 1. The problem of unity amidst diversity -- 2. A criterial framework -- Part I. Concepts : -- 3. Concepts: general criteria -- 4. Strategies of definition -- Part II. Propositions : -- 5. Propositions: general criteria -- 6. Description and prediction -- 7. Causation -- Part III. Research design : -- 8. Research design: general criteria -- 9. Methods -- 10. Strategies of research design -- Postscript: Justifications.

"This book offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology, relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology... It synthesizes the vast and diverse field of methodology in a way that is clear, concise, and comprehensive. While offering a handy overview of the subject, the book is also an argument about how we should conceptualize methodological problems."--Publisher's website.

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