A conceptual introduction to modeling : qualitative and quantitative perspectives /

• Main Author: Britt, David W. (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
• Subjects: Κοινωνικές επιστήμες; Μαθηματικά μοντέλα

Table of Contents:

• 1. First Steps, Basic Dilemmas, Gulfs, and Bridge Building
• 2. The Big Leap: Carving Situations up Into Concepts
• 3. Sticks and Spaces: Relationships Between Concepts
• 4. Elaboration Within the Constraints of an Additive Model
• 5. Closing Circles and Uncovering Dynamics: Feedback in Social Life
• 6. Conditional and Moderating Relationships: Elaborating the Contexts of Action
• 7. Criteria for Evaluating Models
• 8. Strategies for Moving From Elaborated to Working Models
• 9. Epilogue.