The Oxford handbook of political methodology /

The Oxford handbook of political methodology / edited by Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady and David Collier. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xiii, 880 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - The Oxford handbooks of political science . - Oxford handbooks of political science. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pt. I. Introduction. Political science methodology / Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady, and David Collier -- Pt. II. Approaches to social science methodology. Normative methodology / Russell Hardin ; Meta-methodology: clearing the underbrush / Mark Bevir ; Agent-based modeling / Scott de Marchi and Scott E. Page -- Pt. III. Concepts and measurement. Concepts, theories, and numbers: a checklist for constructing, evaluating, and using concepts or quantitative measures / Gary Goertz ; Measurement / Simon Jackman ; Typologies: forming concepts and creating categorical variables / David Collier, Jody LaPorte, and Jason Seawright ; Measurement versus calibration: a set-theoretic approach / Charles C. Ragin ; The evolving influence of psychometrics in political science / Keith T. Poole -- Pt. IV. Causality and explanation in social research. Causation and explanation in social science / Henry E. Brady ; The Neyman-Rubin model of causal inference and estimation via matching methods / Jasjeet S. Sekhon ; On types of scientific enquiry: the role of qualitative reasoning / David A. Freedman ; Studying mechanisms to strengthen causal inferences in quantitative research / Peter Hedstrèom -- Pt. V. Experiments, quasi-experiments and natural experiments. Experimentation in political science / Rebecca B. Morton and Kenneth C. Williams ; Field experiments and natural experiments / Alan S. Gerber and Donald P. Green --

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Political science--Methodology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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