Applied Social Science Methodology: an introductory guide
Gerring John Christenson Dino
Applied Social Science Methodology: an introductory guide - New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. - xxix,414p.
This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various social science disciplines. It emphasizes applications, with detailed examples, so that readers can put these methods to work in their research. Within a unified framework, John Gerring and Dino Christenson integrate a variety of methods - descriptive and causal, observational and experimental, qualitative and quantitative. The text covers a wide range of topics including research design, data-gathering techniques, statistics, theoretical frameworks, and social science writing. It is designed both for those attempting to make sense of social science, as well as those aiming to conduct original research. The text is accompanied by online practice questions, exercises, examples, and additional resources, including related readings and websites. An essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in communications, criminal justice, economics, business, finance, management, education, environmental policy, international development, law, political science, public health, public policy, social work, sociology, and urban planning.
9781107071476 (Hardback)
Social sciences - Methodology
Quantitative Methode
Building blocks - A unified framework - Arguments - Concepts and measures - Analyses
Causality - Causal frameworks - Causal hypotheses and analyses - Experimental designs - Large-N observational designs - Case study designs - Diverse tools of causal inference
Process and presentation - Reading and reviewing - Brainstorming - Data gathering - Writing - Speaking - Ethics
Statistics - Data management -Univariate statistics - Probability distributions - Statistical inference - Bivariate statistics - Regression - Causal inference
001.891:303 / GER
Applied Social Science Methodology: an introductory guide - New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. - xxix,414p.
This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various social science disciplines. It emphasizes applications, with detailed examples, so that readers can put these methods to work in their research. Within a unified framework, John Gerring and Dino Christenson integrate a variety of methods - descriptive and causal, observational and experimental, qualitative and quantitative. The text covers a wide range of topics including research design, data-gathering techniques, statistics, theoretical frameworks, and social science writing. It is designed both for those attempting to make sense of social science, as well as those aiming to conduct original research. The text is accompanied by online practice questions, exercises, examples, and additional resources, including related readings and websites. An essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in communications, criminal justice, economics, business, finance, management, education, environmental policy, international development, law, political science, public health, public policy, social work, sociology, and urban planning.
9781107071476 (Hardback)
Social sciences - Methodology
Quantitative Methode
Building blocks - A unified framework - Arguments - Concepts and measures - Analyses
Causality - Causal frameworks - Causal hypotheses and analyses - Experimental designs - Large-N observational designs - Case study designs - Diverse tools of causal inference
Process and presentation - Reading and reviewing - Brainstorming - Data gathering - Writing - Speaking - Ethics
Statistics - Data management -Univariate statistics - Probability distributions - Statistical inference - Bivariate statistics - Regression - Causal inference
001.891:303 / GER