《Redesigning Social Inquiry》是2008年University Of Chicago Press出版的圖書，作者是Charles C. Ragin。
基本介紹
- 中文名：Redesigning Social Inquiry
- 作者：Charles C. Ragin
- 出版社：University Of Chicago Press
- 出版時間：2008年10月1日
- 頁數：240 頁
- 定價：20 美元
- ISBN：9780226702759
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
For over twenty years Charles C. Ragin has been at the forefront of the development of innovative methods for social scientists. In "Redesigning Social Inquiry", he continues his campaign to revitalize the field, challenging major aspects of the conventional template for social science research while offering a clear alternative."Redesigning Social Inquiry" provides a substantive critique of the standard approach to social research - namely, assessing the relative importance of causal variables drawn from competing theories. Instead, Ragin proposes the use of set-theoretic methods to find a middle path between quantitative and qualitative research. Through a series of contrasts between fuzzy-set analysis and conventional quantitative research, Ragin demonstrates the capacity for set-theoretic methods to strengthen connections between qualitative researchers' deep knowledge of their cases and quantitative researchers' elaboration of cross-case patterns. Packed with useful examples, "Redesigning Social Inquiry" will be indispensable to experienced professionals and to budding scholars about to embark on their first project.
作者簡介
Charles Ragin is professor of sociology and political science at the University of Arizona. He is the author ofFuzzy-Set Social Science and The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies.
