Social Science Concepts A User's Guide

Name: Social Science Concepts A User's Guide
Price: 9.86 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780691124117

ISBN-10: 0691124116

ISBN-13: 9780691124117

Edition: 2006

Authors: Gary Goertz

List price: $58.00

This item qualifies for FREE shipping.

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Sell

Get cash fast!

Buy new: $45.06

Marketplace

3 new & used from $9.86

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

To develop theories and research designs requires concepts. Gary Goertz provides advice on the construction and use of social science concepts and their use in case selection and theories. He also cites examples from political science and sociology to illustrate the theoretical and practical issues of concept construction and use.

Book details

List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 12/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.21" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


Acknowledgments



Introduction



Theoretical, Structural, and Empirical Analysis of Concepts



Structuring and Theorizing Concepts



Concept Intension and Extension



Increasing Concept-Measure Consistency



Substitutability, Aggregation, and Weakest-Link Measures




Concepts and Case Selection



Concepts and Selecting (on) the Dependent Variable




Negative Case Selection: The Possibility Principle




Concepts and Choosing Populations




Concepts in Theories



Concepts in Theories: Two-Level Theories



References


Exercises and Web Site


Index