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Audit study
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Causal inference
Chi-squared test
Class size
Cohort effect
Confounding
Context effect
Contingency table
Correlation and dependence
Cross-sectional data
Cross-sectional regression
Data set
Decree 770
Dummy variable (statistics)
Economic inequality
Economics
Edward Tufte
Effect size
Eighth grade
Endogeneity (econometrics)
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Equal Rights Amendment
Estimation
Exclusion
Explanation
General Social Survey
Imputation (statistics)
Income
Inference
Institutional review board
Instrumental variable
Linear regression
Logistic regression
Measurement
Meta-analysis
National Bureau of Economic Research
Natural experiment
Neighbourhood effect
Observational error
Observational study
Panel data
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient
Percentage
Qualitative research
Racial segregation
Random assignment
Ranking (information retrieval)
Regression analysis
Respondent
Sample Size
Sampling (statistics)
Sampling error
School district
Sibling
Social law
Social research
Social science
Sociology
Standard deviation
Standard error
Statistic
Statistics
Survey methodology
Test score
Theil index
Treatment and control groups
Uncertainty
Variance
Voting
Year
Product details
- ISBN 9780691135670
- Weight: 369g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 23 Jan 2008
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Seven Rules for Social Research teaches social scientists how to get the most out of their technical skills and tools, providing a resource that fully describes the strategies and concepts no researcher or student of human behavior can do without. Glenn Firebaugh provides indispensable practical guidance for anyone doing research in the social and health sciences today, whether they are undergraduate or graduate students embarking on their first major research projects or seasoned professionals seeking to incorporate new methods into their research. The rules are the basis for discussions of a broad range of issues, from choosing a research question to inferring causal relationships, and are illustrated with applications and case studies from sociology, economics, political science, and related fields. Though geared toward quantitative methods, the rules also work for qualitative research. Seven Rules for Social Research is ideal for students and researchers who want to take their technical skills to new levels of precision and insight, and for instructors who want a textbook for a second methods course.
The Seven Rules * There should be the possibility of surprise in social research * Look for differences that make a difference, and report them. * Build reality checks into your research. * Replicate where possible. * Compare like with like. * Use panel data to study individual change and repeated cross-section data to study social change. * Let method be the servant, not the master.
Glenn Firebaugh is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of "The New Geography of Global Income Inequality".
