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Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Southwestern Political and Social Science Quarterly
Author: The Southwestern Political Science Quarterly
Author: Social Science Research
Author: Anol BhattacherjeePublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781475146127
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.
Maximum Likelihood for Social Science
Author: Michael D. WardPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107185823
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Practical, example-driven introduction to maximum likelihood for the social sciences. Emphasizes computation in R, model selection and interpretation.
The Quantified Scholar
Author: Juan Pablo Pardo-GuerraPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231552351
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Since 1986, the British government, faced with dwindling budgets and growing calls for public accountability, has sought to assess the value of scholarly work in the nation’s universities. Administrators have periodically evaluated the research of most full-time academics employed in British universities, seeking to distribute increasingly scarce funding to those who use it best. How do such attempts to quantify the worth of knowledge change the nature of scholarship? Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra examines the effects of quantitative research evaluations on British social scientists, arguing that the mission to measure academic excellence resulted in less diversity and more disciplinary conformity. Combining interviews and original computational analyses, The Quantified Scholar provides a compelling account of how scores, metrics, and standardized research evaluations altered the incentives of scientists and administrators by rewarding forms of scholarship that were closer to established disciplinary canons. In doing so, research evaluations amplified publication hierarchies and long-standing forms of academic prestige to the detriment of diversity. Slowly but surely, they reshaped academic departments, the interests of scholars, the organization of disciplines, and the employment conditions of researchers. Critiquing the effects of quantification on the workplace, this book also presents alternatives to existing forms of evaluation, calling for new forms of vocational solidarity that can challenge entrenched inequality in academia.
Hard-to-Survey Populations
Author: Roger TourangeauPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107031354
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
Examines the different populations and settings that can make surveys hard to conduct and discusses methods to meet these challenges.
The Navy Chaplain
Author: Public Opinion
Author: David L. WeakliemPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509529497
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Is political polarization on the rise? Do various “populist” movements have anything in common? Is the opposition between left and right becoming obsolete and, if so, what might replace it? Many of the most pressing questions about contemporary politics involve public opinion. This incisive sociological introduction considers the formation of opinions as not just a matter of individual responses to external conditions, but as a social process in which people influence and are in turn influenced by others. David L. Weakliem illustrates how changes in economic and social conditions affect public opinion and how the distribution of opinions is shaped by the structure of interaction among people. He applies this approach to discuss topics such as political polarization, long-term trends in public opinion, and the prospects for democracy. Combining theory with up-to-date information on public opinion, the book will be of interest to researchers and students alike in sociology, political science, and communication studies.
Handbook of Tests and Measurement in Education and the Social Sciences
Author: Paula E. LesterPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810838635
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Are you a teacher or guidance counselor looking for an accessible reference guide? This revised edition of a popular 1993 anthology includes 120 tests and surveys, bringing together psychometric information about instruments developed to measure constructs in education and social sciences. Includes references to both published and unpublished instruments-scales, questionnaires, surveys, indices, and inventories-which otherwise would be painstakingly difficult for the researcher/teacher/counselor to locate.
Statistics for the Social Sciences
Author: Russell T. WarnePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110889853X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The second edition of Statistics for the Social Sciences prepares students from a wide range of disciplines to interpret and learn the statistical methods critical to their field of study. By using the General Linear Model (GLM), the author builds a foundation that enables students to see how statistical methods are interrelated enabling them to build on the basic skills. The author makes statistics relevant to students' varying majors by using fascinating real-life examples from the social sciences. Students who use this edition will benefit from clear explanations, warnings against common erroneous beliefs about statistics, and the latest developments in the philosophy, reporting, and practice of statistics in the social sciences. The textbook is packed with helpful pedagogical features including learning goals, guided practice, and reflection questions.