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245 10 a| Cumulative social inquiry :b| transforming novelty into innovation /c| Robert B. Smith.;

300 a| xiv, 338 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-312) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- On differentiation and specialization -- Disjunctions between social theory and quantitative measurement -- Explication of texts : a useful tool -- Components of cumulative social inquiry -- The chapters -- Cumulative social inquiry : theoretical paradigms, social research, and empirically based theorizing -- Scientific communities and theoretical paradigms -- Exemplars and theories -- Conclusions -- Linking quality and quantity -- Diachronic articulation : quantitative first, then qualitative -- Synchronic articulation -- Diachronic articulation : qualitative first, then quantitative -- Conclusions -- Building quantitative studies on the qualitative -- Conceptual frameworks -- Items for indexes -- Vignettes and factorial surveys -- Analysis plans -- Evidence-based policy -- Conclusions -- Qualitative and quantitative social structural theorizing -- A logic and vocabulary for structural theorizing -- Qualitative structural inquiries -- Quantitative structural inquiries -- Conclusions -- Statistical methods and process models -- Structural statistical methods -- Process models -- Conclusions -- Transforming novelty into innovation -- A theoretically informed, data-first strategy : cognitive dissonance -- A use-inspired strategy : collective action -- A theory-first division-of-labor strategy : postindustrial societies -- Theory-driven survey research on political participation -- Conclusions -- Conclusion.;

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Cumulative social inquiry : transforming novelty into innovation / Robert B. Smith.

Author/creator	Smith, Robert B., 1936-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Guilford Press, ©2008.
Description	xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subjects	Social sciences--Research.

Contents	Introduction -- On differentiation and specialization -- Disjunctions between social theory and quantitative measurement -- Explication of texts : a useful tool -- Components of cumulative social inquiry -- The chapters -- Cumulative social inquiry : theoretical paradigms, social research, and empirically based theorizing -- Scientific communities and theoretical paradigms -- Exemplars and theories -- Conclusions -- Linking quality and quantity -- Diachronic articulation : quantitative first, then qualitative -- Synchronic articulation -- Diachronic articulation : qualitative first, then quantitative -- Conclusions -- Building quantitative studies on the qualitative -- Conceptual frameworks -- Items for indexes -- Vignettes and factorial surveys -- Analysis plans -- Evidence-based policy -- Conclusions -- Qualitative and quantitative social structural theorizing -- A logic and vocabulary for structural theorizing -- Qualitative structural inquiries -- Quantitative structural inquiries -- Conclusions -- Statistical methods and process models -- Structural statistical methods -- Process models -- Conclusions -- Transforming novelty into innovation -- A theoretically informed, data-first strategy : cognitive dissonance -- A use-inspired strategy : collective action -- A theory-first division-of-labor strategy : postindustrial societies -- Theory-driven survey research on political participation -- Conclusions -- Conclusion.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-312) and indexes.
LCCN	2007042336
ISBN	9781593856533 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	1593856539 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	9781593858339 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	1593858337 (cloth : alk. paper)

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