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Research methodology in the life, behavioural, and social sciences
This text argues that the methodology of quantitative research is a unified discipline with basic notions, procedures and ways of reasoning which can be applied across the social, behavioural and life sciences.
Historical remarks -- Graphical representation -- Meta data: well-defined models of data sets -- Experimental design -- Clinical trials -- Cross-sectional research -- Longitudinal analysis -- Measurement models -- Graphical modelling -- Structural equation modelling -- Graphs, causality, and structural equation models -- Meta-analysis -- Discussion -- Comments / David J. Hand -- On models and theories / Jan B. Hoeksma -- Methodology in practice and research thereupon / Dirk J. Kuik -- Comment: a unified theory? / P. Dick Bezemer -- Comments on causal explanation / Judea Pearl -- Additional comments / Herman J. Adèr -- A rejoinder / Gideon J. Mellenbergh.
edited by Herman J. Adèr and Gideon J. Mellenbergh.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-380) and index.
London ; Thousand Oaks Calif. : SAGE Publications, 1999