Bibliograph

Theory construction and model-building skills, a practical guide for social scientists, James Jaccard, Jacob Jacoby

Type

Label

Theory construction and model-building skills, a practical guide for social scientists, James Jaccard, Jacob Jacoby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Theory construction and model-building skills

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1110159123

Responsibility statement

James Jaccard, Jacob Jacoby

Series statement

Methodology in the social sciences

Sub title

a practical guide for social scientists

Summary

"This book provides young scientists with tools to assist them in the practical aspects of theory construction. We take an informal journey through the cognitive heuristics, tricks of the trade, and ways of thinking that we have found to be useful in developing theories-essentially, conceptualizations-that can advance knowledge in the social sciences. This book is intended to provide the instructor with a useful source for helping students come up with ideas for research and for fine-tuning the resultant theories that emerge from such thinking. An objective of this book is to move toward a needed balance in the emphases given to theory construction and theory testing"--, Provided by publisher

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