Social science methodology : a criterial framework / John Gerring.

By:

Gerring, John, 1962- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0521801133
9780521801133
0521805139
9780521805131

Subject(s):

Social sciences -- Methodology

DDC classification:

300 23

LOC classification:

H61 .G466 2001

Online resources:

Contributor biographical information

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.

"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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