Description: Like new and unused. Pages clean and unmarked. No cover wear. Images on listing, are of this book. PAPERBACK _____________In A Model Discipline, Kevin A. Clarke and David M. Primo turn a critical eye to the methodological approach that dominates modern political science. Clarke and Primo contend that the field's emphasis on model testing has led to a distortion of both the modeling process and the art of data analysis and cannot be logically justified. The authors argue that models should be seen as "objects" and thus regarded as neither true nor false. Models should instead be evaluated for their usefulness for a particular purpose. Divided into two parts, the book first establishes that current practice is not philosophy-free and rests on a number of questionable assumptions. The second part focuses on the different ways that theoretical and statistical models can be useful, and closes with a defensible justification for integrating theoretical and statistical models. A novel work of methodology, A Model Discipline offers a new perspective on long-held assumptions about the way research in the social sciences should be conducted.
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Subject Area: Political Science
Publication Name: A Model Discipline: Political Science &the Logic of Representatio
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Length: 9 in
Subject: History & Theory, General
Publication Year: 2012
Series: A Model Discipline: Political Science &the Logic of Representatio
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 0.5 in
Author: Kevin A. Clarke, David M. Primo
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education, Elementary School, High School, Vocational School
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Features: Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 14.1 Oz
Item Width: 6 in
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
