The Use of Models in the Social Sciences 9781136444890

Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences (Advanced Quantitative Techniques in the Social Sciences) [1 ed.] 154430207X, 9781544302072

Space and geography are important aspects of social science research in fields such as criminology, sociology, political

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Telling Stories: The Use of Personal Narratives in the Social Sciences and History 9780801457791, 0801457793

In Telling Stories, Mary Jo Maynes, Jennifer L. Pierce, and Barbara Laslett argue that personal narratives—autobiographi

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Interpretation and Social Knowledge: On the Use of Theory in the Human Sciences 9780226706726

For the past fifty years anxiety over naturalism has driven debates in social theory. One side sees social science as an

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Rasch Models for Solving Measurement Problems: Invariant Measurement in the Social Sciences 1544363028, 9781544363028

This book introduces current perspectives on Rasch measurement theory with an emphasis on developing Rasch-based scales.

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Causal Models in the Social Sciences [2 ed.] 0202303144, 9780202303147

Causal models are formal theories stating the relationships between precisely defined variables, and have become an indi

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The Frame of Reference in the Social Sciences [1945]

Toward "Natural Right and History": Lectures and Essays by Leo Strauss, 1937–1946

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Invariant Measurement : Using Rasch Models in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences 9781135104535, 9780415871228

This introductory text describes the principles of invariant measurement, how invariant measurement can be achieved with

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Bayesian Statistics for the Social Sciences (Methodology in the Social Sciences) [2 ed.] 1462553540, 9781462553549

The second edition of this practical book equips social science researchers to apply the latest Bayesian methodologies t

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Research Methods in the Social Sciences 9781735934020

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Exploratory research in the social sciences 0761923985

Robert Stebbins addresses an area of social science that receives scant attention: exploration as a methodological proce

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