S. NowakUnderstanding and Prediction
Essays in the Methodology of Social and Behavioural Theories
I / Concepts and Indicators in Humanistic Sociology.- II / Verbal Communications As Indicators of Sociological Variables.- III / Meaning and Measurement in Comparative Studies.- IV / Comparative Social Research and Methodological Problems of Sociological Induction.- V / Causal Interpretation of Statistical Relationships in Social Research.- VI / Inductive Inconsistencies and The Problems of Probabilistic Predictions.- VII / Logical and Empirical Assumptions of Validity of Inductions.- VIII / Empirical Knowledge and Social Values in The Cumulative Development of Sociology.- IX / Cultural Norms As Explanatory Constructs in Theories of Social Behavior.- X / Role and Limits of The 'Functional Approach' In Formulation of Theories of Attitudes.- XI / The Logic of Reductive Systematizations of Social and Behavioral Theories.- XII / Values and Knowledge in The Theory of Education: A Paradigm for an Applied Social Science.- Index of Names.
