Research strategies in the social sciences : a guide to new approaches / edited by Elinor Scarbrough and Eric Tanenbaum.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scarbrough, Elinor.

Tanenbaum, Eric.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Research--Data processing.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 316 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

In a single, accessible volume, a team of international experts sets out a range of analytic tools available to social scientists from the cutting edge of social science methodology.

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Preface

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

1. Introduction

2. Research Strategies in the New Environment

I: ANALYSES ACROSS OBSERVATIONS

3. Ordinary Least Squares and Logistic Regression Analysis

4. Linear Structural Equation Models

5. Categorical Data Analysis: Log-linear and Latent Class Models

6. Modelling Context and Heterogeneity: Applying Multilevel Models

II: ANALYSES ACROSS TIME

7. It's about Time: Modelling Political and Social Dynamics

8. Cointegration and Modelling the Long Run

9. Modelling Space and Time: The Event History Approach

III: NEW PERSPECTIVES

10. The Glass Bead Game: Testing Game-theoretic Models

11. Political Analysis in a World without Foundations

12. Discourse Theory and Political Analysis

References

Index

NAME INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Y

Z

SUBJECT INDEX

Q

U

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-19-152196-5

9786611970598

1-281-97059-X

0-19-160015-6

0-19-829237-6

OCLC:

191827238