The uses and misuses of data and models : the mathematization of the human sciences /: the mathematization of the human sciences. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: W. James Bradley, Kurt C. Schaefer.
• Other Names: Bradley, James, 1943-; Schaefer, Kurt C
• Contents: PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS; Oracles, Norms and Science; Modeling; Dreams and Disappointments; PART TWO: THE INFORMATION CYCLE; A Priori Influences on the Information Cycle; Measurement of Human Information; Limitations of Measurement in the Social Sciences; Information for Inferences; What Are Social Science Data?; Causality; Models and Policy Making
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 300/.1/51; Social sciences -- Mathematical models; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Social sciences -- Methodology; Sciences sociales -- Modèles mathématiques; Sciences sociales -- Méthodes statistiques; Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie; Social sciences -- Mathematical models; Social sciences -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Sciences sociales -- Méthodologie; Wiskundige modellen; Sociale wetenschappen; Humanwissenschaften; Mathematische Methode; Wissenschaftsentwicklung; Wissenschaftsethik
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452251127; 1452251126
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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