Methodology and Epistemology of Multilevel Analysis : Approaches from Different Social Sciences

D. Courgeau

ISBN 10: 1402014759 / ISBN 13: 9781402014758

Edité par Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands, 2003

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 3 the observation focus on aggregate or individual behaviours Will the meth ods used to identify the relationships between the values measured be the same or totally different depending on the level of observation Can several aggregation levels be used simultaneously and so on. The social scientist will also need to address the issue of time: Will it be historical time, in which the events studied unfold, or, on the contrary, the time lived by the individual who experiences the events Will the observation point be a precise moment of that 'lived' time, in order to explain the behaviours occurring then by con ditions prevailing immediately beforehand Or, on the contrary, will the ob servation span an individual's entire life, involving constantly changing conditions These issues have been present from the very beginning of social science research. We shall address them throughout this volume, and try to find satisfactory solutions. The multilevel approach-which has recently gained ground-tackles the issues from a fresh angle. Within the framework of a single model, it seeks to achieve a synthesis connecting individuals to the society in which they live. For this purpose, it uses intermediate levels, which can vary from one science to another: for example, class and school, in education; the village, the town, and the region, in human geography; the family, the household, and the con tact circle, in demography.

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• Titre: Methodology and Epistemology of Multilevel Analysis : Approaches from Different Social Sciences
• Éditeur: Springer Netherlands, Springer Netherlands
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1402014759
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781402014758
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 241 L x 160 H x 19 P (en millimètres) 241 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 19 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 556 grammes

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3 the observation focus on aggregate or individual behaviours? Will the meth- ods used to identify the relationships between the values measured be the same or totally different depending on the level of observation? Can several aggregation levels be used simultaneously? and so on. The social scientist will also need to address the issue of time: Will it be historical time, in which the events studied unfold, or, on the contrary, the time lived by the individual who experiences the events? Will the observation point be a precise moment of that "lived" time, in order to explain the behaviours occurring then by con- ditions prevailing immediately beforehand? Or, on the contrary, will the ob- servation span an individual's entire life, involving constantly changing conditions? These issues have been present from the very beginning of social- science research. We shall address them throughout this volume, and try to find satisfactory solutions. The multilevel approach-which has recently gained ground-tackles the issues from a fresh angle. Within the framework of a single model, it seeks to achieve a synthesis connecting individuals to the society in which they live. For this purpose, it uses intermediate levels, which can vary from one science to another: for example, class and school, in education; the village, the town, and the region, in human geography; the family, the household, and the con- tact circle, in demography.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The purpose of the multilevel approach is to understand individual behaviors taking into account the social context in which they occur. This book deals with concepts and methods underlying this approach. This book is of interest to a broad audience of social scientists, statisticians and philosophers concerned with new issues raised by the multilevel approach, and more generally with explanation in the social sciences.