Rethinking Social Inquiry Diverse Tools, Shared Standards

Name: Rethinking Social Inquiry Diverse Tools, Shared Standards
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ISBN: 9780742511255

ISBN-10: 0742511251

ISBN-13: 9780742511255

Edition: 2004

Authors: Henry E. Brady, David Collier

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List price: $96.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/27/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.96" wide x 9.22" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English




Introduction



Refocusing the discussion of methodology




The quest for standards : King, Keohane, and Verba's Designing social inquiry




Critiques of the quantitative template



Doing good and doing better : how far does the quantitative template get us?




Some unfulfilled promises of quantitative imperialism




How inference in the social (but not the physical) sciences neglects theoretical anomaly




Claiming too much : warnings about selection bias




Qualitative tools



Tools for qualitative research




Turning the tables : how case-oriented research challenges variable-oriented research




Case studies and the limits of the quantitative worldview




Linking the quantitative and qualitative traditions



Bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide




The importance of research design




Diverse tools, shared standards



Critiques, responses, and trade-offs : drawing together the debate




Sources of leverage in causal inference : toward an alternative view of methodology




Data-set observations versus causal-process observations : the 2000 U.S. presidential election



Glossary