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The Qualitative-quantitative distinction in the social sciences /

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Glassner, Barry, Moreno, Jonathan D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, [1989]
Series:Boston studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 112.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Methodology.
Sciences sociales > Méthodologie.
Sociale wetenschappen.
Methodologie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : quantification and enlightenment / Barry Glassner and Jonathan D. Moreno
  • The law of quality and quantity, or what numbers can and can't describe / Peter Caws
  • The qualitative significance of quantitative representation / Charles W. Smith
  • "Objectivity" and rapport / Charles W. Lidz
  • Telling convincing stories : a plea for cautious positivism in case-studies / David Silverman
  • The qualitative-quantitative distinction in political science / David J. Sylvan
  • Schopenhauer's will and idea in Durkheim's methodology / Stjepan G. Meštrović
  • Cultural kinds : imposition and discovery in anthropology / Robert Feleppa
  • Monistic and dualistic canons for the natural and human sciences / Joseph Margolis
  • Explanation and quantification / Peter T. Manicas.