Probability and Social Science Methodological Relationships between the two Approaches /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Courgeau, Daniel (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences ; 10
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Probabilities.; Statistics.; Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Statistical Theory and Methods.

This work examines in depth the methodological relationships that probability and statistics have maintained with the social sciences from their emergence. It covers both the history of thought and current methods. First it examines in detail the history of the different paradigms and axioms for pro...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• General Introduction
• Part 1: From Probability to Social Sciences
• Introduction to Part 1
• Chapter 1: The Objectivist Approach
• Chapter 2: The Epistemic Approach: Subjectivist Interpretation
• Chapter 3: The Epistemic Approach: Logicist Interpretation
• Conclusion of Part 1
• Part II: From Population Sciences to Probability
• Introduction to Part II
• Chapter 4: The Dispersion of Measures in Population Sciences
• Chapter 5: Closer Links between Population Sciences and Probability
• Conclusion of Part II
• General Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Subject Index
• Author Index.