Designing Social Inquiry

Author : Gary King
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691034710
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Social Inquiry written by Gary King and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994-05-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Social Inquiry focuses on improving qualitative research, where numerical measurement is either impossible or undesirable. What are the right questions to ask? How should you define and make inferences about causal effects? How can you avoid bias? How many cases do you need, and how should they be selected? What are the consequences of unavoidable problems in qualitative research, such as measurement error, incomplete information, or omitted variables? What are proper ways to estimate and report the uncertainty of your conclusions?

Author : Gary King
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691224641
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Social Inquiry written by Gary King and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic work on qualitative methods in political science Designing Social Inquiry presents a unified approach to qualitative and quantitative research in political science, showing how the same logic of inference underlies both. This stimulating book discusses issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and the uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering causal effects, and getting the most out of qualitative research. It addresses topics such as interpretation and inference, comparative case studies, constructing causal theories, dependent and explanatory variables, the limits of random selection, selection bias, and errors in measurement. The book only uses mathematical notation to clarify concepts, and assumes no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics. Featuring a new preface by Robert O. Keohane and Gary King, this edition makes an influential work available to new generations of qualitative researchers in the social sciences.

Author : Henry E. Brady
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442203455
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Social Inquiry written by Henry E. Brady and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-09-16 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With innovative new chapters on process tracing, regression analysis, and natural experiments, the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book. The original debate with King, Keohane, and Verba_now updated_remains central to the volume, and the new material illuminates evolving discussions of essential methodological tools. Thus, process tracing is often invoked as fundamental to qualitative analysis, but is rarely applied with precision. Pitfalls of regression analysis are sometimes noted, but often are inadequately examined. And the complex assumptions and trade-offs of natural experiments are poorly understood. The second edition extends the methodological horizon through exploring these critical tools. A distinctive feature of this edition is the online placement of four chapters from the prior edition, all focused on the dialogue with King, Keohane, and Verba. Also posted online are exercises for teaching process tracing and understanding process tracing.

Author : Jennifer C. Greene
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0787983829
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mixed Methods in Social Inquiry written by Jennifer C. Greene and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-10-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is an excellent addition to the literature of integrated methodology. The author has skillfully integrated diverse ways of thinking about mixed methods into a comprehensive and meaningful framework. By providing detailed examples, she makes it easy for both the students and the practitioners to understand the intricate details and complexities of doing mixed methods research. On the other hand, by comparing, contrasting, and bridging multiple perspectives about mixed methods, she has made this book very relevant and useful to seasoned scholars of mixed methodology.”--Abbas Tashakkori, Frost Professor and coordinator, educational research and evaluation methodology, Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, Florida International University, founding coeditor, Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Author : John W. Creswell
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1452226105
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Research Design written by John W. Creswell and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestseller that pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design continues in its Fourth Edition to help students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis.

Author : Jason Seawright
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107097711
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multi-Method Social Science written by Jason Seawright and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first systematic guide to designing multi-method research, considering a wide range of statistical and qualitative tools.

Author : Gary King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Author : Charles C. Ragin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226702790
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Redesigning Social Inquiry written by Charles C. Ragin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In Redesigning Social Inquiry, he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional template for social science research while offering a clear alternative. Redesigning Social Inquiry provides a substantive critique of the standard approach to social research—namely, assessing the relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of set-theoretic methods to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzy-set analysis and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the capacity for set-theoretic methods to strengthen connections between qualitative researchers’ deep knowledge of their cases and quantitative researchers’ elaboration of cross-case patterns. Packed with useful examples, Redesigning Social Inquiry will be indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars about to embark on their first project.

Author : Thad Dunning
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107017661
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences written by Thad Dunning and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive guide to natural experiments, providing an ideal introduction for scholars and students.

Author : Robert O Et Al Keohane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781400816804
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Designing Social Inquiry written by Robert O Et Al Keohane and published by . This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: