Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills (eBook)

A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

James Jaccard, Jacob Jacoby (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | 2., Second Edition
522 Seiten
The Guilford Press (Verlag)
9781462542482 (ISBN)

Infos

This accessible, hands-on text has now been revised and updated, with expanded coverage of topics including how theory may emerge from exploratory data analysis. The book prepares graduate students, new researchers, and even seasoned investigators to develop their own theories and build on existing ones. Concrete strategies are provided to help readers generate ideas, define constructs, and think through relationships and processes that link constructs. Compelling examples from multiple disciplines illustrate the use of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods orientations to theory construction. The text also offers practical advice for writing effectively about theories in papers and grant applications. Readers learn by doing via application and concept exercises, demonstration boxes, and practical guidelines. The extensive companion website (www.theory-construction.com) includes PowerPoint slides of all of the book's figures, primers on advanced topics, video demonstrations, supplemental exercises, and other resources. 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. Pedagogical Features *Application and concept exercises in every chapter. *Lists of key terms and engaging topical boxes. *Annotated suggestions for further reading. *New companion website with rich resources for students and instructors. *Chapters stand on their own and can be used in any order.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.1.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Methodology in the Social Sciences
• Reihe/Serie: Methodology in the Social Sciences Series
• Reihe/Serie: Methodology in the Social Sciences Series
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Marketing / Vertrieb
• Schlagworte: Academic Writing • Behavioral Sciences • behavioral scientists • books for beginning researchers • business research • communications research • conceptual models • constructing a theory • constructing theories • developing a research study • developing a theory • developing research skills • developing theoretical frameworks • Dissertations • doctoral programs • Education research • Family Research • graduate classes • graduate school writing • graduate students • graduate students resources • Graduate writing • grant writing • Health Research • how to theorize • hypothesis testing • Instructors • Mixed Methods • peer-reviewed articles • PhD programs • professors • proposal writing • Psychology Research • publications • qualitative • Quantitative • research designs • Research methods • research proposals • Scholarly Writing • Social Sciences • Social science writing • Social work research • textbooks • texts • theory testing
• ISBN-13: 9781462542482 / 9781462542482