Models in Statistical Social Research - Brossura

Rohwer, G¨otz

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ISBN 10: 0415534216 ISBN 13: 9780415534215

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2012

Riassunto

Models in Statistical Social Research provides a comprehensive insight of models used in statistical social research based on statistical data and methods. While traditionally understood statistical models relate to data generating processes which presuppose facts, this book focuses on analytical models which relate to substantial processes generating social facts. It formally develops individual-level, population-level, and multilevel versions of such models and uses these models as frameworks for the definition of notions of functional causality.

The book further develops a distinction between the representation of states and events, which is then used to formally distinguish between comparative and dynamic notions of causality. It is shown that, due to the involvement of human actors in substantial processes considered in social research, the conceptual framework of randomized experiments is of only limited use. Instead, modelling selection processes should become an explicit task of social research.

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Informazioni sull?autore

G¨otz Rohwer is professor of methods of social research and statistics at the Ruhr-Universit¨at Bochum (Germany). He has published books and articles on statistical methods, in particular for longitudinal data analysis.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415534216
• ISBN 13: 9780415534215
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Germania