Rethinking social inquiry : diverse tools, shared standards / edited by Henry E. Brady and David Collier.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2004.
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xx, 362 pages ; 24 cm

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      Summary note
      '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.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-337) and indexes.
      Contents
      • Refocusing the discussion of methodology / Henry E. Brady, David Collier, and Jason Seawright
      • The quest for standards : King, Keohane, and Verba's Designing social inquiry / David Collier, Jason Seawright, and Gerardo L. Munck
      • Doing good and doing better : how far does the quantitative template get us? / Henry E. Brady
      • Some unfulfilled promises of quantitative imperialism / Larry M. Bartels
      • How inference in the social (but not the physical) sciences neglects theoretical anomaly / Ronald Rogowski
      • Claiming too much : warnings about selection bias / David Collier, James Mahoney, and Jason Seawright
      • Tools for qualitative research / Gerardo L. Munck
      • Turning the tables : how case-oriented research challenges variable-oriented research / Charles C. Ragin
      • Case studies and the limits of the quantitative worldview / Timothy J. McKeown
      • Bridging the quantitative-qualitative divide / Sidney Tarrow
      • The importance of research design / Gary King, Robert O. Keohane, and Sidney Verba
      • Critiques, responses, and trade-offs : drawing together the debate / David Collier, Henry E. Brady, and Jason Seawright
      • Sources of leverage in causal inference : toward an alternative view of methodology / David Collier, Henry E. Brady, and Jason Seawright
      • Appendix. Data-set observations versus causal-process observations : the 2000 U.S. presidential election / Henry E. Brady.
      ISBN
      • 0742511251 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780742511255 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
      • 074251126X ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780742511262 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      LCCN
      2004008240
      OCLC
      54952956
      International Article Number
      • 9780742511255
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