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Method in social science [electronic resource] : a realist approach / Andrew Sayer.

By: Sayer, R. Andrew.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010Edition: Rev. 2nd ed.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 313 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780203850374 (ebk : PDF).Subject(s): Social sciences -- MethodologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification: 300.72 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; Also available in print edition.
Contents:
1. Knowledge in context -- 2. Theory, observation and practical adequacy -- 3. Theory and method I : abstraction, structure and cause -- 4. Theory and method II : types of system and their implications -- 5. Some influential misadventures in the philosophy of science -- 6. Quantitative methods in social science -- 7. Verification -- 8. Popper's 'falsificationism' -- 9. Problems of explanation and the aims of social science.
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300.72 (Browse shelf) 1 e-book SLASx,05000,03,CL,PPT

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Knowledge in context -- 2. Theory, observation and practical adequacy -- 3. Theory and method I : abstraction, structure and cause -- 4. Theory and method II : types of system and their implications -- 5. Some influential misadventures in the philosophy of science -- 6. Quantitative methods in social science -- 7. Verification -- 8. Popper's 'falsificationism' -- 9. Problems of explanation and the aims of social science.

Also available in print edition.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.