How to Build Social Science Theories

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

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $250.11

  Three specialists in social science methodology (Syracuse U. and U. of Texas-Austin) discuss how new theories originate and how they are elaborated, from their most basic conceptual building blocks through multivariable theoretical statements, models, the role of creativity in theory building, and how they are used and evaluated.