How to build social science theories /

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Author / Creator:Shoemaker, Pamela J., author.
Imprint:Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [2004]
©2004
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 222 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Online access with subscription: SAGE research methods (Core)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11143159
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Other authors / contributors:Tankard, James W., author.
Lasorsa, Dominic L., author.
ISBN:9781452210438
1452210438
9781412990110
1412990114
9780761926665
0761926666
9780761926672
0761926674
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivariable theoretical statements, models, the role of creativity in theory building, and how theories are used and evaluated. Authors Pamela J. Shoemaker, James William Tankard, Jr., and Dominic L. Lasorsa intend to improve.
Other form:Print version: Shoemaker, Pamela J. How to build social science theories. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage, ©2004 0761926666