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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961070203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998
• ISBN: 0-19-152196-5; 9786611970598; 1-281-97059-X; 0-19-160015-6; 0-19-829237-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 316 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): ScarbroughElinor; TanenbaumEric
• Disciplina: 300/.7/2
• Soggetti: Social sciences - Methodology; Social sciences - Research - Data processing; Social sciences - Research - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- ; T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.