Social science concepts and measurement / Gary Goertz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goertz, Gary, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Research.

Social sciences.

Qualitative research.

Political science--Research.

Political science.

Physical Description:

xiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

New and completely revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Philosophers, lawyers, political, and social theorists debate normative concepts such as democracy, justice, human rights. Concepts are fundamental to description. Hence for anthropology, ethnography, grounded theory and similar methodologies developing concepts is a core theoretical and empirical activity. Concepts are thus core in causal theories, normative philosophy and empirical description. This book provides a unified framework for working with, constructing, and evaluating concepts that applies in these different domains"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: An Ontological-Semantic Approach to Conceptualization and Measurement

2. The Basic Framework for Conceptualization and Measurement

3. Guidelines for Creating Concepts: Ontology, Semantics, and Definitions

4. Mapping Meaning: Linking Concepts with Data-Indicators

5. Scaling

6. Concept Structure: Aggregation and Substitutability

7. Gray Zone and Hybrid Concepts

8. Typologies

9. Intension-Extension: Concept Structure and Empirical Description

10. Two-Level Theories: Complex Concepts in Complex Causal Theories.

Notes:

Revised edition of the author's Social science concepts, c2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Goertz, Gary, 1953- Social science concepts and measurements

ISBN:

9780691205489

0691205485

9780691205465

0691205469

OCLC:

1134460206

Publisher Number:

99987875765