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Theory Construction and Model-Building Skills

Second Edition
A Practical Guide for Social Scientists

James Jaccard and Jacob Jacoby

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February 6, 2020
ISBN 9781462542444
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522 Pages
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522 Pages
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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.