Titre : | The elements of social scientific thinking. | Type de document : | texte imprimé | Auteurs : | K. Hoover ; T. Donovan | Mention d'édition : | 8e éd. | Editeur : | BELMONT : Wadsworth | Année de publication : | 2004 | Importance : | 223 p. | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-534-61411-9 | Prix : | 31,25 | Note générale : | Annexes
Bibliographie
Illustrations
Index | Langues : | Anglais (eng) | Catégories : | Thésaurus Agro-alimentaire SCIENCES SOCIALES ET HUMAINES ; MESURE ; STATISTIQUE ; SCIENCES Liste Plan de classement 30.3 (SOCIOLOGIE) [Classement Massy]
| Type de document : | Livre | Table des matières : | Preface
About the Authors
CHAPTER ONE: THINKING SCIENTIFICALLY
Why Bother to Be Systematic?
The Role of Reasoned Judgment and Opinion
The Role of Imagination, Intuition, and Custom
CHAPTER TWO: THE ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE
The Origin and Utility of Concepts
What Is a Variable?
The Hypothesis
The Scientific Method
The Many Roles of Theory
CHAPTER THREE: STRATEGIES
Thinking Over the Problem
Reality Testing
Understanding the Result
CHAPTER FOUR: REFINEMENTS
Hypotheses
Variables
CHAPTER FIVE: MEASURING VARIABLES AND RELATIONSHIPS
Measuring Variables: levels of Measurement
Measuring the Significance and Representativeness of Data: Probability, Sampling, and Problems in Polling
Measuring Relationships between Variables: Association and Correlation
Computers and Statistics
CHAPTER SIX: REFLECTIONS: BACK TO THE ROOTS
Factuality, Reality, and Actuality
Morality and the Limits of Science
Of Scientists, Science, and Paradigms
Making Social Science Serve Human Needs
The Radicalism of Science
Science and Politics
APPENDIX A
"Tuning ln, Tuning Out The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America"
APPENDIX B
"Minority Representation under Cumulative and Limited Voting"
INDEX | Permalien de la notice : | https://infodoc.agroparistech.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=67869 |
The elements of social scientific thinking. [texte imprimé] / K. Hoover ; T. Donovan . - 8e éd. . - BELMONT : Wadsworth, 2004 . - 223 p. ISBN : 978-0-534-61411-9 : 31,25 Annexes
Bibliographie
Illustrations
Index Langues : Anglais ( eng) Catégories : | Thésaurus Agro-alimentaire SCIENCES SOCIALES ET HUMAINES ; MESURE ; STATISTIQUE ; SCIENCES Liste Plan de classement 30.3 (SOCIOLOGIE) [Classement Massy]
| Type de document : | Livre | Table des matières : | Preface
About the Authors
CHAPTER ONE: THINKING SCIENTIFICALLY
Why Bother to Be Systematic?
The Role of Reasoned Judgment and Opinion
The Role of Imagination, Intuition, and Custom
CHAPTER TWO: THE ELEMENTS OF SCIENCE
The Origin and Utility of Concepts
What Is a Variable?
The Hypothesis
The Scientific Method
The Many Roles of Theory
CHAPTER THREE: STRATEGIES
Thinking Over the Problem
Reality Testing
Understanding the Result
CHAPTER FOUR: REFINEMENTS
Hypotheses
Variables
CHAPTER FIVE: MEASURING VARIABLES AND RELATIONSHIPS
Measuring Variables: levels of Measurement
Measuring the Significance and Representativeness of Data: Probability, Sampling, and Problems in Polling
Measuring Relationships between Variables: Association and Correlation
Computers and Statistics
CHAPTER SIX: REFLECTIONS: BACK TO THE ROOTS
Factuality, Reality, and Actuality
Morality and the Limits of Science
Of Scientists, Science, and Paradigms
Making Social Science Serve Human Needs
The Radicalism of Science
Science and Politics
APPENDIX A
"Tuning ln, Tuning Out The Strange Disappearance of Social Capital in America"
APPENDIX B
"Minority Representation under Cumulative and Limited Voting"
INDEX | Permalien de la notice : | https://infodoc.agroparistech.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=67869 |
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