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Clarke, Kevin A.

 
9780195382204: A Model Discipline: Political Science and the Logic of Representations
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ISBN 10: 019538220X ISBN 13: 9780195382204
Editorial: Oxford University Press, USA, 2012

Sinopsis

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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Kevin A. Clarke is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. His research focuses on political methodology and model discrimination tests. Clarke's articles have appeared in American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, and many other journals.

David M. Primo is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. His research focuses on American politics and political economy. Primo has authored or co-authored two books, The Plane Truth and Transportation Policy and Rules and Restraint, and many journal articles.

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Editorial
Oxford University Press, USA
Año de publicación
2012
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
019538220X
ISBN 13 
9780195382204
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Número de páginas
232
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9780195382198: A Model Discipline: Political Science and the Logic of Representations

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ISBN 10:  0195382196 ISBN 13:  9780195382198
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