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Editor's Introduction: Research Design - A Review |
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PART ONE THE NATURE OF RESEARCH DESIGN |
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Section One What is Research Design? |
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Fundamental Forms of Scientific Inference |
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23 | (16) |
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Section Two Basic Concepts and Principles |
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Some Statistical Problems in Research Design |
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39 | (18) |
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Research Design as Variance Control |
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57 | (12) |
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Fundamentals: Comparison and Control |
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69 | (16) |
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Heterogeneity and Causal Complexity |
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85 | (12) |
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97 | (4) |
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Research Design and Research Validity |
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101 | (20) |
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121 | (22) |
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Section Three Variable Analysis and Case Analysis |
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Sociological Analysis and the ``Variable'' |
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143 | (12) |
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155 | (16) |
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PART TWO EPISTEMOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN |
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Causal Inference and the Language of Experimentation |
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171 | (38) |
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Of the Composition of Causes |
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209 | (6) |
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Explaining Social Phenomena Causally |
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215 | (24) |
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False Criteria of Causality in Delinquency Research |
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239 | (24) |
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The Methods of Experimental Inquiry |
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263 | (30) |
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293 | (18) |
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Probabalistic and Deterministic Causation |
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Solution to the Problem of Causal Inference: Analytic Induction |
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311 | (8) |
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The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction |
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319 | (10) |
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Comment on W. S. Robinson's ``The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction'' |
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329 | (4) |
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Comment on W. S. Robinson's ``The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction'' |
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333 | (4) |
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Rejoinder to Comments on ``The Logical Structure of Analytic Induction'' |
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337 | (2) |
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The Analysis of Deviant Cases in Communications Research |
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339 | (6) |
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The Quest for Universals in Sociological Research |
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PART TWO EPISTEMOLOGY AND RESEARCH Design (continued) |
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Section Two Falsification |
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Falsifiability as a Criterion of Demarcation |
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Rule 1: Construct Falsifiable Theories |
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Section Three Replication |
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On the Importance of Replication |
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17 | (6) |
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Replication Research: A ``Must'' for the Scientific Advancement of Psychology |
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23 | (22) |
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Section Four Units and Levels of Analysis |
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45 | (10) |
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Ecological Correlations and the Behavior of Individuals |
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55 | (12) |
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The Fallacy of the Ecological Fallacy: The Potential Misuse of a Concept and the Consequences |
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67 | (16) |
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Household Panel Studies: An Overview |
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83 | (6) |
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Reexamining the Ecological Fallacy: A Study in Which Aggregate Data Are Critical in Investigating the Pathological Effects of Living Alone |
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89 | (28) |
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PART THREE TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN |
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Section One Experimental Design |
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Some Observations on Study Design |
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117 | (12) |
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Factors Relevant to the Validity of Experiments in Social Settings |
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129 | (22) |
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151 | (34) |
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The Purposes of Laboratory Experimentation and the Virtues of Deliberate Artificiality |
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185 | (16) |
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Introduction to Randomized Experiments for Planning and Evaluation |
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201 | (20) |
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221 | (36) |
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The Randomization of Arrest |
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257 | (12) |
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Quasi-Experimental Designs |
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269 | (36) |
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The Causal Assumptions of Quasi-Experimental Practice: The Origins of Quasi-Experimental Practice |
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305 | (40) |
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The Effects of Changes in Roles on the Attitudes of Role Occupants |
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345 | (22) |
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Social Processes and Social Simulation Games |
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367 | (22) |
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Using Computer Simulation to Study Social Phenomena |
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PART THREE TYPES OF RESEACH DESIGN (continued) |
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Section Two Panel Designs |
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The Use of Panels in Social Research |
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5 | (12) |
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Choosing a Longitudinal Survey Design: The Issues |
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17 | (54) |
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Handling Wave Nonresponse in Panel Surveys |
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71 | (16) |
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Nonsampling Errors in Panel Surveys |
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87 | (26) |
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Measurement Problems in Panel Studies |
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113 | (14) |
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Section Three Retrospective Designs |
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Methodological, Statistical and Practical Issues Arising From the Collection and Analysis of Work History Information by Survey Techniques |
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127 | (32) |
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The Reliability of Retrospective Unemployment History Data |
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159 | (16) |
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Section Four Cross-Sectional Designs |
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Single Cross-Sectional Studies |
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Methods of Survey Analysis |
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175 | (18) |
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From Cross-Sectional to Longitudinal Analysis |
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193 | (26) |
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Adequacy at the Level of Cause |
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219 | (32) |
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Repeated Studies/Time Series |
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Changing from Fault to No-Fault Divorce: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis |
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251 | (14) |
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Regression Artifacts in Time Series |
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265 | (6) |
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Monitoring Social Change via Survey Replication: Prospects and Pitfalls from a Replication Survey of Social Roles and Mental Health |
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271 | (24) |
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Problems of Comparability in Trend Studies with Opinion Poll Data |
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295 | (12) |
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Section Five Comparative and Cross-National Designs |
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Cross-National Research as an Analytic Strategy: American Sociological Association, 1987 Presidential Address |
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307 | (40) |
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Equivalence in Cross-National Research |
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347 | (20) |
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367 | (18) |
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Small N's and Big Conclusions: An Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases |
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385 | (16) |
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New Directions in Comparative Research |
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PART THREE TYPES OF RESEARCH DESIGN (continued) |
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Section Six Case Study Designs |
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5 | (16) |
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Case-Oriented Comparative Methods |
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21 | (22) |
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Statistics and Case Studies as Methods of Sociological Research |
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43 | (14) |
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The Community-Study Method |
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57 | (26) |
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83 | (8) |
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Generalizing from Single Case Studies |
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91 | (18) |
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The Description of Discerning |
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109 | (14) |
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``Degrees of Freedom'' and the Case Study |
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123 | (18) |
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Evaluating and Rethinking the Case Study |
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141 | (26) |
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Section Seven Single-Case Designs |
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A Legacy Neglected: Restating the Case for Single-Case Research in Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy |
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167 | (26) |
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A Review of Single-Subject Methodologies in Applied Settings |
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193 | (12) |
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Single-Case Research Designs |
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205 | (44) |
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Section Eight Mixed Method Designs |
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Advanced Mixed Methods Research Designs |
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249 | (38) |
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Research Design Issues for Mixed Method and Mixed Model Studies |
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287 | (22) |
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Strategies of Multiple Triangulation |
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309 | (22) |
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A Critique of the Use of Triangulation in Social Research |
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331 | (24) |
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Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Further Reflections on their Integration |
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355 | (22) |
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Gender, Methodology and People's Ways of Knowing: Some Problems with Feminism and the Paradigm Debate in Social Science |
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