Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction - Brossura

Lemercier, Claire; Zalc, Claire

 
9780813942698: Quantitative Methods in the Humanities: An Introduction
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ISBN 10: 0813942691 ISBN 13: 9780813942698
Casa editrice: Univ of Virginia Pr, 2019

Sinossi

This timely and lucid guide is intended for students and scholars working on all historical periods and topics in the humanities and social sciences--especially for those who do not think of themselves as experts in quantification, "big data," or "digital humanities."

The authors reveal quantification to be a powerful and versatile tool, applicable to a myriad of materials from the past. Their book, accessible to complete beginners, offers detailed advice and practical tips on how to build a dataset from historical sources and how to categorize it according to specific research questions. Drawing on examples from works in social, political, economic, and cultural history, the book guides readers through a wide range of methods, including sampling, cross-tabulations, statistical tests, regression, factor analysis, network analysis, sequence analysis, event history analysis, geographical information systems, text analysis, and visualization. The requirements, advantages, and pitfalls of these techniques are presented in layperson’s terms, avoiding mathematical terminology.

Conceived primarily for historians, the book will prove invaluable to other humanists, as well as to social scientists looking for a nontechnical introduction to quantitative methods. Covering the most recent techniques, in addition to others not often enough discussed, the book will also have much to offer to the most seasoned practitioners of quantification.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Claire Lemercier is Research Professor of History at the Center for the Sociology of Organizations, Paris.

Claire Zalc is Research Professor of History at the Institute for Early Modern and Modern History and at the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris.

Arthur Goldhammer is an affiliate of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University.

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Editore
Univ of Virginia Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2019
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0813942691
ISBN 13 
9780813942698
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
177
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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Casa editrice: Univ of Virginia Pr, 2019
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