Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, New Edition

Designing Social Inquiry is a classic work on qualitative methods in political science that presents a unified approach to qualitative and quantitative research, discussing issues related to framing research questions, measuring data accuracy, discovering causal effects, and getting the most out of qualitative research. It assumes no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics and features a new preface by Robert O. Keohane and Gary King.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 17 August 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press

The classic work on qualitative methods in political science, Designing Social Inquiry, presents a comprehensive and unified approach to qualitative and quantitative research in political science. This stimulating book delves into various issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy and uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering causal effects, and maximizing the benefits of qualitative research. It addresses key topics such as interpretation and inference, comparative case studies, constructing causal theories, dependent and explanatory variables, the limitations of random selection, selection bias, and errors in measurement. The book employs mathematical notation to clarify concepts and assumes no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics.

Featuring a new preface by Robert O. Keohane and Gary King, this edition ensures that the influential work of Designing Social Inquiry remains accessible to new generations of qualitative researchers in the social sciences. By integrating qualitative and quantitative research, the book offers a valuable resource for scholars seeking to explore complex political phenomena and develop deeper insights into the social world.

Dimension: 235 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691224633