Rethinking Social Inquiry Diverse Tools, Shared Standards

Name: Rethinking Social Inquiry Diverse Tools, Shared Standards
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ISBN: 9780742511262

ISBN-10: 074251126X

ISBN-13: 9780742511262

Edition: 2004

Authors: Henry E. Brady, David Collier, Larry M. Bartels, Robert O. Keohane, Gary King

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'Rethinking Social Inquiry' offers a cohesive set of reflections on the quest for common standards drawn from quantitative methodology. The contributors argue that these standards must be drawn from exemplary qualitative research as well as the best quantitative studies.

Book details

List price: $44.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.07" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.100
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



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