R. Pawson

A Measure for Measures

A Manifesto for Empirical Sociology

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Produktbeschreibung

This challenging and pioneering work aims to provide a measure (a set of standards) for measures (empirical data) in sociological research. This book goes beyond meta-theory, providing detailed examples to show how the 'new realism' can provide a viable empirical method.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138161825
• ISBN-10: 1138161829
• Artikelnr.: 71581022

Autorenporträt

Ray Pawson is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. Substantiating sociology
PART ONE: DESPERATE MEASURES
2. Against variable analysis: thirty years on
3. Against scaling: meaning and measurement
PART TWO: A MEASURE OF REALISM
4. Theory and observation: squaring the circularity problem
5. On being 'empirical' without being 'empiricist'
PART THREE: PRACTICAL MEASURES
6. From variables to mechanisms (and back again)
7. Closure: actualism versus realism
8. Explanatory networks: the conceptual domain of class
9. Choosing class concepts: from indicator selection to theory adjudication
10. Constructing class data: imposition and control in the interview
11. The new rules of sociological measurement
Bibliography
Index