Joel Levine

Exceptions Are The Rule (eBook, PDF)

An Inquiry Into Methods In The Social Sciences

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows why quantitative social science must develop by its own rules, distinct from those that govern the disciplines of mathematics and statistics. It discusses the use of various quantitative methods through data analysis, philosophy, and close analysis of well-known examples.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429699801
• Artikelnr.: 55726558

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: Summary Numbers 1. Introduction: Numbers for Religion and
Politics 2. Lines, Damned Lines, and Statistics 3. Calculus and
Correlation: A Calculus for the Social Sciences 4. The Rule of Safety:
Gamma Is Wrong Part Two: Scatter Analysis 5. Introduction: The Strength of
Weak Data 6. Big Folks and Small Folks: The Relation Between Height and
Weight 7. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents: What Is Party
Identification? 8. Friends and Relations 9. Time and Money: The Course of
Human Events 10. Real Social Distance Epilogue 11. Theory