A01=Kenneth D. Bailey
Author_Kenneth D. Bailey
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QASS
Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
Quantitative/Statistical Research
QuantitativeStatistical Research
Product details
- ISBN 9780803952591
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 139 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 04 Aug 1994
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How do we group different subjects on a variety of variables? Should we use a classification procedure in which only the concepts are classified (typology), one in which only empirical entities are classified (taxonomy), or some combination of both? In this clearly written book, Bailey addresses these questions and shows how classification methods can be used to improve research. Beginning with an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of classification procedures including those typologies that can be constructed without the use of a computer, the book covers such topics as clustering procedures (including agglomerative and divisive methods), the relationship among various classification techniques (including the relationship of monothetic, qualitative typologies to polythetic, quantitative taxonomies), a comparison of clustering methods and how these methods compare with related statistical techniques such as factor analysis, multidimensional scaling and systems analysis, and lists classification resources. This volume also discusses software packages for use in clustering techniques.
Subfield
Research methods, theory, demography and ecology.
Selected Publications
Methods of Social Research. Fourth Edition. 1994.
Sociology and the New Systems Theory. 1994.
"Structure, Structuration, and Autopoiesis." Current Perspectives in Social Theory, 1998.
"Systems Theory" in Jonathan Turner (ed.), Handbook of Sociological Theory, 2001.
