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Making Social Sciences More Scientific: The Need for Predictive Models

Making Social Sciences More Scientific: The Need for Predictive Models

zoom enlarge 		Author: Rein Taagepera
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book

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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 232
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9

ISBN: 0199534667
Dewey Decimal Number: 300.72
EAN: 9780199534661
ASIN: 0199534667

Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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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.

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