Quantitative Tour of the Social Sciences

Klappentext In this book, prominent social scientists describe quantitative models in economics, history, sociology, political science, and psychology. Zusammenfassung This overview by prominent social scientists gives a friendly! non-technical sense of how quantitative research is done in different areas. Readers will find out about models and ways of thinking in economics! history! sociology! political science! and psychology! which in turn they can bring back to their own work. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Models and methods in the social sciences Andrew Gelman; 2. History Herbert Klein and Charles Stockley; 3. Economics Richard Clarida and Marta Noguer; 4. Sociology Seymour Spilerman and Emanuele Gerratana; 5. Political science Charles Cameron; 6. Psychology E. Tory Higgins, Elke Weber, and Heidi Grant; 7. To treat or not to treat: casual inference in the social science Jeronimo Cortina.

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• Authors: Andrew Gelman
• Assisted by: Jeronimo Cortina (Editor), Andrew Gelman (Editor), Andrew (Columbia University Gelman (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521680035
• ISBN: 978-0-521-68003-5
• No. of pages: 364
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)