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The Oxford handbook of political methodology / edited by Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Henry E. Brady and David Collier.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford handbooks of political sciencePublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xiii, 880 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780199286546
  • 019928654X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01 22
LOC classification:
  • JA71 .O948 2008
Other classification:
  • 89.03
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JA71 .O948 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000075362

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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