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Realist inquiry in social science / Brian D. Haig, Colin W. Evers.

Author/creator	Haig, Brian D., 1945-
Other author	Evers, C. W.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016.
Description	xiv, 148 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from SAGE Research Methods Core
Subjects	Social sciences--Methodology.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: 1.Scientific Realism -- Introduction -- What is Realism? -- Naturalistic Realism -- Global and Local Realism -- Realist Methodology -- The Centrality of Method -- Realism in the Social Sciences -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 2.Evidence -- Introduction -- Social Science Preliminaries -- Empirical Evidence and Theory -- Coherentism and Naturalism -- Varieties of Evidence: Pragmatic Considerations -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 3.Validity -- Introduction -- Test Validity, Operational Definition and Logical Empiricism -- Holism, Realism and Ontological Commitment -- Construct Validity and Logical Empiricism -- Construct Validity, Generalization in Experiments and Epistemology -- Paradigms of Validity -- Coherence Justification -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 4.Grounded Theory Method -- Introduction -- The Abductive Theory of Method -- Problem Formulation -- Phenomena Detection --
Contents	Note continued: Theory Construction -- ATOM as a Grounded Theory Method -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 5.Factor Analysis -- Introduction -- Exploratory Factor Analysis and Scientific Inference -- Methodological Challenges to Exploratory Factor Analysis -- EFA and Other Factor Analytic Methods -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References -- 6.Case Study -- Introduction -- Constitutive and Regulative Rules -- What is a Case? -- Generalizing From Cases -- A Case Study in China -- Making Generalizations -- Improving Knowledge of Generalizations -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- References.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015939916
ISBN	9781446258842 (hardback)
ISBN	144625884X (hardback)
ISBN	9781446258859 (paperback)
ISBN	1446258858 (paperback)
Standard identifier#	60002067206

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