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9780195114652

Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195114652

  • ISBN10:

    0195114655

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-01-28
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

A strong understanding and appreciation of statistics and quantitative research methods is vital to any graduate student of the social sciences, yet most similar texts do not adequately cover this subject. With this in mind, the author has designed a text suitable for first-year graduatesurvey courses that reviews general statistical theory and methods and explores the problems that quantitative social scientists face in conducting research. The topics covered in this book range from the philosophical basis of scientific research to issues of statistical inference, measurement,scaling, research design, sampling, and problems with missing data. Numerous examples are drawn from a range of specialties to illustrate a variety of practical applications. After providing an overview of the philosophical basis of quantitative social science, the book presents the concepts oftheory formalization and causality. It then moves into more specific areas, focusing extensively on issues of design and data collection. Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences is accessible to students with an intermediate-level background in social statistics and research methods.Professionals will find this detailed yet concise book to be an excellent reference. With over 350 classical and up-to-date citations, Quantitative Research Methods in the Social Sciences has something to offer all social science researchers.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
1. The Scientific Method
1(25)
2. Theory Formalization
26(28)
3. Causality
54(26)
4. Statistical Inference
80(24)
5. Sampling: Basic Statistics
104(25)
6. Sampling: Designs
129(17)
7. Sampling: Special Problems
146(21)
8. Experimental Designs
167(34)
9. Measurement Theory
201(32)
10. Classical Test Theory
233(18)
11. Confirmatory Factor Models
251(28)
12. Data Collection Methods and Measurement Errors
279(22)
13. Missing Data
301(30)
14. Interpolating and Smoothing
331(23)
15. Computer-Intensive Hypothesis Testing
354(26)
References 380(16)
Author Index 396(3)
Subject Index 399

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