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  • External Validity and Evidence Accumulation

    by Tara Slough, Scott A. Tyson ...
    Series series Elements in Quantitative and Computational Methods for the Social Sciences
    The accumulation of empirical evidence that has been collected in multiple contexts, places, and times requires a more comprehensive understanding of empirical research than is typically required for interpreting the findings from individual studies. We advance a novel conceptual framework where causal mechanisms are central to characterizing social phenomena that transcend context, place, or time ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • Designing Social Inquiry

    Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, New Edition

    by Gary King, Robert O. Keohane, Sidney Verba ...
    The classic work on qualitative methods in political scienceDesigning Social Inquiry presents a unified approach to qualitative and quantitative research in political science, showing how the same logic of inference underlies both. This stimulating book discusses issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and the uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering ... Read more

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  • The Neuroscience of Freedom and Creativity

    Our Predictive Brain

    by Joaquín M. Fuster ...
    Joaquín M. Fuster is an eminent cognitive neuroscientist whose research over the last five decades has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of the neural structures underlying cognition and behaviour. This book provides his view on the eternal question of whether we have free will. Based on his seminal work on the functions of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making, planning, ... Read more

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  • Social Science Methodology

    A Unified Framework

    by John Gerring ...
    Series series Strategies for Social Inquiry
    John Gerring's exceptional textbook has been thoroughly revised in this second edition. It offers a one-volume introduction to social science methodology relevant to the disciplines of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology. This new edition has been extensively developed with the introduction of new material and a thorough treatment of essential elements ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Rethinking Social Inquiry

    Diverse Tools, Shared Standards

    Edited by Henry E. Brady, David Collier ...
    With innovative new chapters on process tracing, regression analysis, and natural experiments, the second edition of Rethinking Social Inquiry further extends the reach of this path-breaking book. The original debate with King, Keohane, and Verba_now updated_remains central to the volume, and the new material illuminates evolving discussions of essential methodological tools. Thus, process tracing ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

  • Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix

    by Danielle S. McNamara, Arthur C. Graesser, Philip M. McCarthy, Zhiqiang Cai ...
    Coh-Metrix is among the broadest and most sophisticated automated textual assessment tools available today. Automated Evaluation of Text and Discourse with Coh-Metrix describes this computational tool, as well as the wide range of language and discourse measures it provides. Part I of the book focuses on the theoretical perspectives that led to the development of Coh-Metrix, its measures, and ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Beliefs, Reasoning, and Decision Making

    Psycho-Logic in Honor of Bob Abelson

    Edited by Roger C. Schank, Ellen Langer ...
    It is not unusual for a festschrift to include offerings from several areas of study, but it is highly unusual for those areas to cross disciplinary lines. This book, in doing just that, is a testimony to Bob Abelson's impact on the disciplines of social psychology, artificial intelligence and cognitive science, and the applied areas of political psychology and decision-making. The contributors ... Read more

    $101.68 CAD

  • Perspectives on Framing

    Edited by Gideon Keren ...
    Series series The Society for Judgment and Decision Making Series
    Language comprises a major mark of humans compared with other primates and is the main vehicle for social interaction. A major characteristic of any natural language is that the same communication, idea, or intention can be articulated in different ways—in other words, the same message can be "framed" differently. The same medical treatment can be portrayed in terms chance of chance of success or ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences

    by David Darmofal ...
    Series series Analytical Methods for Social Research
    Many theories in the social sciences predict spatial dependence or the similarity of behaviors at neighboring locations. Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences demonstrates how researchers can diagnose and model this spatial dependence and draw more valid inferences as a result. The book is structured around the well-known Galton's problem and presents a step-by-step guide to the application of ... Read more

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  • Research Design

    Creating Robust Approaches for the Social Sciences

    by Stephen Gorard ...
    Research design is of critical importance in social research, despite its relative neglect in many methods resources. Early consideration of design in relation to research questions leads to the elimination or diminution of threats to eventual research claims, by encouraging internal validity and substantially reducing the number of alternative explanations for any finite number of research ... Read more

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  • Multimethod Research, Causal Mechanisms, and Case Studies

    An Integrated Approach

    by Gary Goertz ...
    An innovative and accessible textbook on multimethod and case-study researchMultimethod research has become indispensable to doing social science, and is essential to anyone who conducts large-scale research projects in political science, sociology, education, comparative law, or business. This authoritative and accessible book offers the first truly comprehensive approach to multimethod and case ... Read more

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  • A Tale of Two Cultures

    Qualitative and Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences

    by Gary Goertz, James Mahoney ...
    Some in the social sciences argue that the same logic applies to both qualitative and quantitative methods. In A Tale of Two Cultures, Gary Goertz and James Mahoney demonstrate that these two paradigms constitute different cultures, each internally coherent yet marked by contrasting norms, practices, and toolkits. They identify and discuss major differences between these two traditions that touch ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD