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- catalog abstract "Two root issues in the methodology of explanatory social research are examined in this book - the meaning of the idea of causation in social science and the question of the physiological mechanism that generates intentional behavior. Conclusions on these as well as on several derived problems emerge through the analysis. Among the latter, the analysis shows that neither universal nor probabilistic laws governing human behavior are possible, even within the positivist or empiricist traditions in which laws are a central feature. Instead, the analysis reveals a more modest view of explanatory social theory and what it can accomplish. In this view, the kind of theory that can be produced is basically the same in form and content across quantitative and qualitative research approaches, and across different disciplines. The two streams of analysis are combined with resulting implications for large-sample, small-sample, and case study research design as well as for laws and theory. Written for the practicing empirical researcher in political science and organization theory, whether quantitative or qualitative, the major issues and findings of The Causes of Human Behavior are meant to hold as well for history, sociology, and other social science disciplines.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b9124142.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "1. Factual Cause -- 2. Physical Cause -- 3. The Causes of Intentional Behavior -- 4. Design and Method -- 5. Explanation, Laws, and Theory -- 6. Rationality and Fitness: Two Broad Theories of Intentional Behavior.".
- catalog description "Among the latter, the analysis shows that neither universal nor probabilistic laws governing human behavior are possible, even within the positivist or empiricist traditions in which laws are a central feature. Instead, the analysis reveals a more modest view of explanatory social theory and what it can accomplish. In this view, the kind of theory that can be produced is basically the same in form and content across quantitative and qualitative research approaches, and across different disciplines.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The two streams of analysis are combined with resulting implications for large-sample, small-sample, and case study research design as well as for laws and theory. Written for the practicing empirical researcher in political science and organization theory, whether quantitative or qualitative, the major issues and findings of The Causes of Human Behavior are meant to hold as well for history, sociology, and other social science disciplines.".
- catalog description "Two root issues in the methodology of explanatory social research are examined in this book - the meaning of the idea of causation in social science and the question of the physiological mechanism that generates intentional behavior. Conclusions on these as well as on several derived problems emerge through the analysis.".
- catalog extent "ix, 183 :".
- catalog hasFormat "Causes of human behavior.".
- catalog identifier "0472106651 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Causes of human behavior.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Causes of human behavior.".
- catalog subject "1996 I-882".
- catalog subject "300/.1 20".
- catalog subject "BF 121 M699c 1996".
- catalog subject "BF121 .M5794 1996".
- catalog subject "Behavior.".
- catalog subject "Behavioral Sciences.".
- catalog subject "Human behavior.".
- catalog subject "Psychology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Factual Cause -- 2. Physical Cause -- 3. The Causes of Intentional Behavior -- 4. Design and Method -- 5. Explanation, Laws, and Theory -- 6. Rationality and Fitness: Two Broad Theories of Intentional Behavior.".
- catalog title "The causes of human behavior : implications for theory and method in the social sciences / Lawrence B. Mohr.".
- catalog type "text".