Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills
Second Edition
A Practical Guide for Social Scientists
James Jaccard and Jacob Jacoby
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ISBN 9781462542444
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Read the Series Editor's Note by Todd D. Little
New to this edition:
- Emergent theory is now covered in mixed methods as well as qualitative approaches, plus in a new chapter on exploratory quantitative methods that can help generate new theory through data mining.
- Chapter on whether and how to revise a theory when faced with disconfirmatory data.
- Two chapters on the theoretical underpinnings of measurement practices.
- New or expanded discussions of what constitutes a theoretical contribution, conceptual logic models, thought experiments, and more.