Casualties of causality / / Peter Dahler-Larsen |
Autore | Dahler-Larsen Peter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (110 pages) |
Disciplina | 905 |
Soggetto topico | Causation |
ISBN |
9783031182464
9783031182457 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The Causality Syndrome -- The Causality Syndrome Unpacked: System 1 and System 2 -- The Institutionalization of The Causality Syndrome -- Create More Space -- References -- Chapter 2: Twenty-five Questions -- Q1. Is Causality a Useful Concept in Social Science? -- Q2. Is Causation the Most Important and Honorable Task in the Social Sciences? -- Q3. Are All Great Social Scientists Famous for Their Causal Analysis? -- Q4. Is Causality Only One Thing? -- Q5. Can You Only Ask One Type of Question About Causality? -- Q6. Is Methodology Prior to Paradigms? -- Q7. Do Methodological Rules Precede Scientific Practice? -- Q8. Is Scientific Progress a Result of Compliance with Methodological Rules? -- Q9. Will Social Science Cleanse Itself of Ideology and Normativity, if it Restricts Itself to Causal Analysis? -- Q10. Does Causation Always Require a Counterfactual? -- Q11. If You Compare Two Groups, Is it then Less Important What the Comparison Is About? -- Q12. Does Reciprocal Causality Mean You Have Not Nailed Genuine Causality? -- Q13. Does the Quality of a Study Depend on Its Place in a Hierarchy of Evidence? -- Q14. Is the Randomized Controlled Trial a Clincher, and All Other Kinds of Studies Just Vouchers? -- Q15. Is a Study Better, the More Control You Have over the Situation? -- Q16. Will Causal Knowledge Accumulate Over Time? -- Q17. Does the Evidence Hierarchy Only Produce Knowledge? -- Q18. Are the Rules for Causal Inference the Same Regardless of the Practical Situation? -- Q19. Can You Sell Your Study by Pretending that Its Design Is Better than it Actually Is? -- Q20. Is Your Career in Jeopardy, if You Do Not Comply with The Causality Syndrome? -- Q21. Are People Primarily Interested in Outcomes? -- Q22. Do We Spend Most of Our Lives Thinking About the Causal Net Effect of X on Y?.
Q23. If We Focus on Demonstrable Social Impact, Will We then Maximize the Impact of Social Science? -- Q24. Are Methods Ways to Find Out About Things, But Not Ways to Influence Things? -- Q25. Is the Time Right for Causal Studies? -- References -- Chapter 3: Casualties of Causality and Paths to the Future -- Casualities of Causality -- Three Paths to the Future -- Final Word -- References -- Index. |
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Dahler-Larsen Peter | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Quality : From Plato to Performance / / by Peter Dahler-Larsen |
Autore | Dahler-Larsen Peter |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VII, 255 p.) |
Disciplina |
306.42
300 |
Soggetto topico |
Sociology
Social sciences—Philosophy Public finance Mass media Communication Sociology—Research Knowledge - Discourse Social Theory Public Economics Media Sociology Research Methodology |
ISBN | 3-030-10392-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2: A History of the Concept of Quality -- Chapter 3: Quality Perspectives -- Chapter 4: Quality Inscriptions: Their Makers and Their Consequences -- Chapter 5: Qualitization and Models of Qualitization -- Chapter 6: Quality Without Democracy -- Chapter 7: Epilogue: What to Do. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910337700803321 |
Dahler-Larsen Peter | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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