Making social sciences more scientific : the need for predictive models

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Label

Making social sciences more scientific : the need for predictive models

Title remainder

the need for predictive models

Statement of responsibility

Rein Taagepera

Creator

• Taagepera, Rein

Subject

• Methodologie
• Modellen (theorie)
• Modellen (theorie)
• Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek
• Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek
• Social sciences -- Fieldwork
• Social sciences -- Fieldwork
• Social sciences -- Methodology
• Social sciences -- Methodology
• Social sciences -- Research
• Social sciences -- Research
• Feldforschung
• Sociology -- Methodology
• Sociology -- Methodology
• Sociology -- Methodology
• Sociology -- Research
• Sociology -- Research
• Sociology -- Research
• Sociology -- Research
• Sozialwissenschaften
• Soziologie
• Voorspellingen
• Voorspellingen
• Sociology -- Methodology

Language

eng

Summary

"In his challenging new book Rein Taagepera argues that society needs more from social sciences than they have delivered. One reason for falling short is that social sciences have depended excessively on regression and other statistical approaches, neglecting logical model building. Science is not only about the empirical 'What is?' but also very much about the conceptual 'How should it be on logical grounds?' Statistical approaches are essentially descriptive, while quantitatively formulated logical models are predictive in an explanatory way. Making Social Sciences More Scientific contrasts the predominance of statistics in today's social sciences and predominance of quantitatively predictive logical models in physics. It shows how to construct predictive models and gives social science examples. Making Social Sciences More Scientific is useful to students who wish to learn the basics of the scientific method and to all those researchers who look for ways to do better social science."--BOOK JACKET

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

H62

LC item number

.T22 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography