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On time and method / Janice R. Kelly, Joseph E. McGrath.
LIBRA H62 .K415 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Janice R.
- Series:
- Applied social research methods series ; v. 13.
- Applied social research methods series ; v. 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1988]
- Summary:
- On Time and Method is a systematic, detailed treatment of how temporal factors enter research methodology, how they can affect the outcomes and interpretations of those studies, and how attention to them can strengthen research practice. The authors discuss temporal factors inherent in causal inference and the assumptions researchers make about them, temporal factors involved in choosing and constructing research strategies and research designs, and finally temporal factors in measurement and manipulation of variables. Extended examples on how such factors can operate in actual research programmes are provided.
- Contents:
- 1 Time and the Logic of Method 9
- Some Temporal Factors in Methodology 11
- Time and Cause 15
- Assumptions from the Natural Sciences 23
- The Temporal Shape of Causal Processes 25
- 2 Temporal Issues in Strategy, Design, and Validity of Studies 29
- The Temporal Context of Research Strategies 30
- Temporal Factors in Study Design 40
- Temporal Factors in Threats to Internal Validity of Study Findings 49
- Temporal Factors in External Validity 54
- 3 Temporal Issues in the Conduct of Research 57
- Time, Change, and the Quality of Data 57
- Temporal Factors in Study Procedures 63
- Temporal Features of Classes of Measures 67
- Time and the Conduct of Research Studies 72
- 4 Exploring the X-Y Interval: Some Tactics for the Time Structuring of Study Procedures 77
- The X-Y Interval as Both Logical and Temporal Relation 79
- Gaining Information About the X-Y Relation 83
- The X-Y Interval as a Temporal Window for Confounds 90
- 5 The S-B-O Template: A Framework for Study Planning 97
- Patterns of Data in an S-B-O Template 98
- Patterns of Data in One-Axis S-B-O Arrays 100
- Patterns of Data in Two-Axis S-B-O Arrays 103
- Patterns of Data in Three-Axis S-B-O Arrays 109
- Using the S-B-O Template to Time-Structure Study Plans 115.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 125-127.
- ISBN:
- 0803930461 :
- 080393047X
- OCLC:
- 17103994
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