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Theory construction and model-building skills : a practical guide for social scientists / James Jaccard, Jacob Jacoby.
Holman Biotech Commons H62 .J29 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaccard, James.
- Series:
- Methodology in the social sciences
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
- Social sciences.
- Theory (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- xx, 391 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Guilford Press, [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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-378) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781606233399
- 1606233394
- 9781606233405
- 1606233408
- OCLC:
- 455416998
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