... 9781412907408. This valuable four - volume set brings together a large number of previously published articles discussing the methodology of a range of different quantitative research methods and their applicability to the social ...

Outlines a set of techniques that enables a researcher to explore the hidden structure of large databases. These techniques use proximities to find a configuration of points that reflect the structure in the data.

The focus of this volume is on analysis rather than problems of sampling or design, and its emphasis is on application rather than theory.

Krippendorff introduces social scientists to information theory and explains its application for structural modeling.

'The book could open up a fruitful controversy in social gerontology and should become part of the library of every social gerontologist' -- Contemporary Sociology 'A unique contribution to cross-cultural studies in aging' -- Choice ...

The concepts of game theory (rationality etc) now pervade much of social science, so that Professor Zagare's exposition of game theory and its applications (intended to "convert the unconverted and initiate the uninitiated") is very welcome ...

Osterlind discusses five strategies for detecting bias: analysis of variance, transformed item difficulties, chi square, item characteristic curve, and distractor response.

. . . This book gives seasoned investigators an excuse to rethink what they take for granted and to see, step-by-step, how their practice compares with that of another seasoned person.

Empirical researchers, for whom Iversen's volume provides an introduction, have generally lacked a grounding in the methodology of Bayesian inference.

Evaluation is only of use if its results are communicated to users and stakeholders -- this volume demonstrates how this is done.