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- 2008015441 contributor B11089387.
- 2008015441 created "2008.".
- 2008015441 date "2008".
- 2008015441 date "2008.".
- 2008015441 dateCopyrighted "2008.".
- 2008015441 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-247) and index.".
- 2008015441 description "Why social sciences are not scientific enough -- Can social science approaches find the law of gravitation? -- How to construct predictive models: simplicity and nonabsurdity -- Example of model building: electoral volatility -- Physicists multiply, social scientists add---even when it does not add up -- All hypotheses are not created equal -- Why most numbers published in social sciences are dead on arrival -- Forbidden areas and anchor points -- Geometric means and lognormal distributions -- Example of interlocking models : party sizes and cabinet duration -- Beyond constraint-based models : communication channels and growth rates -- Why we should shift to symmetric regression -- All indices are not created equal -- From descriptive to predictive approaches -- Recommendations for better regression -- Converting from descriptive analysis to predictive models -- Are electoral studies a rosetta stone for parts of social sciences? -- Beyond regression : the need for predictive models.".
- 2008015441 extent "xv, 254 p. :".
- 2008015441 identifier "0199534667".
- 2008015441 identifier "9780199534661".
- 2008015441 identifier 2008015441-b.html.
- 2008015441 identifier 2008015441-d.html.
- 2008015441 identifier 2008015441-t.html.
- 2008015441 issued "2008".
- 2008015441 issued "2008.".
- 2008015441 language "eng".
- 2008015441 publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- 2008015441 subject "300.72 22".
- 2008015441 subject "H62 .T22 2008".
- 2008015441 subject "Social sciences Fieldwork.".
- 2008015441 subject "Social sciences Methodology.".
- 2008015441 subject "Social sciences Research.".
- 2008015441 subject "Sociology Methodology.".
- 2008015441 subject "Sociology Research.".
- 2008015441 tableOfContents "Why social sciences are not scientific enough -- Can social science approaches find the law of gravitation? -- How to construct predictive models: simplicity and nonabsurdity -- Example of model building: electoral volatility -- Physicists multiply, social scientists add---even when it does not add up -- All hypotheses are not created equal -- Why most numbers published in social sciences are dead on arrival -- Forbidden areas and anchor points -- Geometric means and lognormal distributions -- Example of interlocking models : party sizes and cabinet duration -- Beyond constraint-based models : communication channels and growth rates -- Why we should shift to symmetric regression -- All indices are not created equal -- From descriptive to predictive approaches -- Recommendations for better regression -- Converting from descriptive analysis to predictive models -- Are electoral studies a rosetta stone for parts of social sciences? -- Beyond regression : the need for predictive models.".
- 2008015441 title "Making social sciences more scientific : the need for predictive models / Rein Taagepera.".
- 2008015441 type "text".