Realist inquiry in social science. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brian D. Haig, Colin W. Evers.
• Authors: Haig, Brian D, 1945-; Evers, C. W
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Scientific Realism -- Introduction -- What is Realism? -- Naturalistic Realism -- Global and Local Realism -- Realist Methodology -- The Centrality of Method -- Realism in the Social Sciences -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 2.Evidence -- Introduction -- Social Science Preliminaries -- Empirical Evidence and Theory -- Coherentism and Naturalism -- Varieties of Evidence: Pragmatic Considerations -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 3.Validity -- Introduction -- Test Validity, Operational Definition and Logical Empiricism -- Holism, Realism and Ontological Commitment -- Construct Validity and Logical Empiricism -- Construct Validity, Generalization in Experiments and Epistemology -- Paradigms of Validity -- Coherence Justification -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 4.Grounded Theory Method -- Introduction -- The Abductive Theory of Method -- Problem Formulation -- Phenomena Detection -- Note continued: Theory Construction -- ATOM as a Grounded Theory Method -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 5.Factor Analysis -- Introduction -- Exploratory Factor Analysis and Scientific Inference -- Methodological Challenges to Exploratory Factor Analysis -- EFA and Other Factor Analytic Methods -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 6.Case Study -- Introduction -- Constitutive and Regulative Rules -- What is a Case? -- Generalizing From Cases -- A Case Study in China -- Making Generalizations -- Improving Knowledge of Generalizations -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Subjects: 300.72/1; Social sciences -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473943117; 1473943116
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