Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ?

Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ?

This article offers a critical analysis of four contemporary sociological debates. Systematic analysis of the relevant literature suggests the existence of a project for reformulating the methodological foundations of empirical quantitative sociology. This reconstruction shows the emergence of the...

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Auteur principal: Manzo, Gianluca
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Publié: 2007
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spelling cairn-RFS_485_0035RFS1Revue française de sociologie https://shs.cairn.info/revue-francaise-de-sociologie-1-2007-5-page-35?lang=en https://doi.org/10.3917/rfs.485.0035 Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ? Manzo, Gianluca2007 fre Revue française de sociologie | 48 | 5 | 2007-12-15 | p. 35-71 | 0035-2969 RFS_48533 This article offers a critical analysis of four contemporary sociological debates. Systematic analysis of the relevant literature suggests the existence of a project for reformulating the methodological foundations of empirical quantitative sociology. This reconstruction shows the emergence of the following idea: an alliance of variable analysis, mechanism methodology, and simulation techniques would be of great help in resolving some of the impasses that “standard” empirical quantitative sociology encounters. This thesis is then tested for quantitative sociology of social stratification: where there are “irrefutable signs” that the idea is becoming acceptable. Lastly, a link is established between these recent debates and older, similar proposals for resolving the problem, and the question of why the soundness of these proposals has only recently been recognized is examined.Cairn free access
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description This article offers a critical analysis of four contemporary sociological debates. Systematic analysis of the relevant literature suggests the existence of a project for reformulating the methodological foundations of empirical quantitative sociology. This reconstruction shows the emergence of the following idea: an alliance of variable analysis, mechanism methodology, and simulation techniques would be of great help in resolving some of the impasses that “standard” empirical quantitative sociology encounters. This thesis is then tested for quantitative sociology of social stratification: where there are “irrefutable signs” that the idea is becoming acceptable. Lastly, a link is established between these recent debates and older, similar proposals for resolving the problem, and the question of why the soundness of these proposals has only recently been recognized is examined.
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title Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ?
title_short Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ?
title_full Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ?
title_fullStr Variables, Mechanisms, and Simulations : Can the Three Methods Be Synthesized ?
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title_sort variables, mechanisms, and simulations : can the three methods be synthesized ?
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