| Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, New Edition Contributor(s): King, Gary (Author), Keohane, Robert O. (Author), Verba, Sidney (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691224633 ISBN-13: 9780691224633 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research - Political Science - Social Science | Methodology |
| Dewey: 300.72 |
| LCCN: 2021935105 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.25 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The classic work on qualitative methods in political science Designing Social Inquiry presents a unified approach to qualitative and quantitative research in political science, showing how the same logic of inference underlies both. This stimulating book discusses issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and the uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering causal effects, and getting the most out of qualitative research. It addresses topics such as interpretation and inference, comparative case studies, constructing causal theories, dependent and explanatory variables, the limits of random selection, selection bias, and errors in measurement. The book only uses mathematical notation to clarify concepts, and assumes no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics. Featuring a new preface by Robert O. Keohane and Gary King, this edition makes an influential work available to new generations of qualitative researchers in the social sciences. |
