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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454113703321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-19-160015-6

0-19-829237-6

9786611970598

1-281-97059-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ScarbroughElinor

TanenbaumEric

Disciplina

300/.7/2

Soggetti

Social sciences - Methodology

Social sciences - Research - Data processing

Social sciences - Research - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""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"";  ""SUBJECT INDEX"";



Sommario/riassunto

In this volume, a team of experts sets out various analytic tools available to social scientists from social science methodology. It guides them through the maze of advanced techniques applicable across the range of the social sciences.