Methods for quantitative macro-comparative research / Salvatore J. Babones, University of Sydney, Australia.
This book is, at its heart, a book about the pursuit of model-reality consistency in quantitative macro-comparative research. Quantitative macro-comparative research (QMCR) is social, political, and economic research that uses countries as cases and facts about countries as variables. This book draw...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Thousand Oaks, California :
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[2014]
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | This book is, at its heart, a book about the pursuit of model-reality consistency in quantitative macro-comparative research. Quantitative macro-comparative research (QMCR) is social, political, and economic research that uses countries as cases and facts about countries as variables. This book draws on methods and methodologies from the macro-comparative literatures in sociology, political science, economics, and geography. It is designed to be read as a methodological monograph, but it will be equally appropriate as a sourcebook for postgraduate education in those fields. The chapters are sequenced in a logical progression but most professional and student researchers will be able to read individual chapters or sections of chapters independently without having to read the book from beginning to end. Thus in seminar settings particular chapters may ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 267 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |