On Time and Method

On Time and Method is a systematic, detailed treatment of how temporal factors enter research methodology, how they can affect the outcomes and interpretations of those studies, and how attention to them can strengthen research practice. The authors discuss temporal factors inherent in causal inference and the assumptions researchers make about them, temporal factors involved in choosing and constructing research strategies and research designs, and finally temporal factors in measurement and manipulation of variables. Extended examples on how such factors can operate in actual research programmes are provided.

List of contents

Time and the Logic of Method
Temporal Issues in Strategy, Design, and Validity of Studies
Temporal Issues in the Conduct of Research
Exploring the X-Y Interval
Some Tactics for the Time Structuring of Study Designs
The S-B-O Template
A Framework for Study Planning

Product details

• Authors: Janice Kelly, Janice Mcgrath Kelly, Janice R. Kelly, Janice R. Mcgrath Kelly, Joseph Edward McGrath
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.1988
• EAN: 9780803930476
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-3047-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Applied Social Research Method; Applied Social Research Methods; Applied Social Research Method
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries