How to Build Social Science Theories

by Pamela J. Shoemaker, Dominic L. Lasorsa, James William Tankard

Book Overview

As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivariable theoretical statements, models, the role of creativity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761926674
• ISBN13: 9780761926672
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"