Realist inquiry in social science/ Brian D Haig and Colin W Evers.
Publication details: London: Sage, 2016.Description: xiv, 148 p. illustrationsISBN:- 9781446258859 (paperback)
- 300.72 Q61
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| 300.72 Q52 Counterfactuals and causal inference: | 300.72 Q53 Methods of meta-analysis : | 300.72 Q6 The coding manual for qualitative researchers/ | 300.72 Q61 Realist inquiry in social science/ | 300.72 Q62 Doing & writing qualitative research/ | 300.72 Q63 Systematic approaches to a successful literature review/ | 300.72 Q64 The research process/ |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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