The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking

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ISBN: 9780312208622 | 0312208626
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 11/10/2000

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A concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking, this classic text - a favorite with students of political science, psychology, and sociology for over 25 years - makes research methods and statistics accessible to undergraduates.

Preface

vii

About the Authors

Thinking Scientifically

(12)

Why Bother to Be Systematic?

(1)

The Role of Reasoned Judgment and Opinion

(2)

The Role of Imagination, Intuition, and Custom

(4)

Questions for Discussion

(2)

The Elements of Science

(30)

The Origin and Utility of Concepts

(4)

What Is a Variable?

(4)

Quantification and Measurement: Turning Concepts into Variables

(3)

Validity and Reliability of Variables

(3)

The Hypothesis

(4)

The Scientific Method

(2)

The Many Roles of Theory

(7)

Questions for Discussion

(3)

Strategies

(20)

Thinking Over the Problem

(5)

Reality Testing

(4)

Understanding the Results

(6)

Questions for Discussion

(3)

Refinements

(24)

Hypotheses

(16)

Variables

(4)

Questions for Discussion

(3)

Measuring Variables and Relationships

(44)

Measuring Variables: Levels of Measurement

(6)

Measuring the Significance and Representativeness of Data: Probability, Sampling, and Problems in Polling

(8)

Measuring Relationships between Variables: Association and Correlation

102

(11)

Regression Analysis

113

(13)

Computers and Statistics

126

(2)

Questions for Discussion

128

(3)

Reflections: Back to the Roots

131

(22)

Factuality, Reality, and Actuality

131

(6)

Morality and the Limits of Science

137

(6)

Of Scientists, Science, and Paradigms

143

(2)

Making Social Science Serve Human Needs

145

(3)

The Radicalism of Science

148

(2)

Science and Politics

150

(3)

Appendix A ``Schematic Assessments of Presidential Candidates'' by Arthur H. Miller, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Oksana Malanchuk

153

(18)

Appendix B ``Minority Representation under Cumulative and Limited Voting'' by David Brockington, Todd Donovan, Shaun Bowler, and Robert Brischetto

171

(22)

Index

193

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