The Explanatory Power of Models: Bridging the Gap between Empirical and Theoretical Research in the Social Sciences - Couverture souple

 
9789048161225: The Explanatory Power of Models: Bridging the Gap between Empirical and Theoretical Research in the Social Sciences
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ISBN 10 : 9048161223 ISBN 13 : 9789048161225
Editeur : Springer, 2010

Synopsis

Empirical research often lacks theory. This book progressively works out a method of constructing models which can bridge the gap between empirical and theoretical research in the social sciences. This might improve the explanatory power of models. The issue is quite novel, and it benefited from a thorough examination of statistical and mathematical models, conceptual models, diagrams and maps, machines, computer simulations, and artificial neural networks. These modelling practices have been approached through different disciplines.

The proposed method is partly inspired by reverse engineering. The standard covering law approach is abandoned, and classical induction restored to its rightful place. It helps to solve several difficulties which impact upon the social sciences today, for example how to extend an explanatory model to new phenomena, how to establish laws, and how to guide the choice of a conceptual structure.

The book can be used for advanced courses in research methods in the social sciences and in philosophy of science.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book progressively works out a method of constructing models which can bridge the gap between empirical and theoretical research in the social sciences. It aims to improve the explanatory power of models. The issue is quite novel, and has benefited from a thorough examination of statistical and mathematical models, conceptual models, diagrams and maps, machines, computer simulations, and artificial neural networks.

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Éditeur
Springer
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9048161223
ISBN 13 
9789048161225
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Éditeur
Franck Robert
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9781402008672: The Explanatory Power of Models: Bridging the Gap Between Empirical and Theoretical Research in the Social Sciences

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  1402008678 ISBN 13 :  9781402008672
Editeur : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002
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