Quantitative research methods in the social sciences / Paul S. Maxim.
"This book explores the problems that quantitative social scientists face in conducting research. The topics covered in this book range from the philosophical basis of scientific research to issues of statistical inference, measurement, scaling, research design, sampling, and problems with miss...
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Oxford University Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. The Scientific Method
- 2. Theory Formalization
- 3. Causality
- 4. Statistical Inference
- 5. Sampling: Basic Statistics
- 6. Sampling: Designs
- 7. Sampling: Special Problems
- 8. Experimental Designs
- 9. Measurement Theory
- 10. Classical Test Theory
- 11. Confirmatory Factor Models
- 12. Data Collection Methods and Measurement Errors
- 13. Missing Data
- 14. Interpolating and Smoothing
- 15. Computer-Intensive Hypothesis Testing
- References
- Author Index
- Subject Index.