Sociological Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2202072 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Κ Merton (corresponding author), Robert K Merton |
| Year | 1945 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 462-473 |
| Publication date | 1945-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/219686 |
| OpenAlex | W4254747780 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
The phrase "sociological theory" has been used to refer to at least six types of analysis which differ significantly in their bearings on empirical research. These are methodology, general orientations, conceptual analysis, post factum interpretations, empirical generalizations, and sociological theory. The distinctive limits and functions of each are described and illustrated. A typical case of the incorporation of an empirical generalization into a theoretic system is briefly considered. The conventions of formal derivation and codification are suggested as devices for aiding the integration of theory and empirical research
Empirical research · Epistemology · Generalization · Phrase · Social science · Sociological research · Sociological theory · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy
Media Research Paradigms
Formal Theory
Merton, Robert K (1910–2003)
Une sociologie de la chance
Callous-Unemotional Traits and Offending
An urban informatics approach to understanding residential mobility in Metro Chicago
Galactica’s dis-assemblage
A Foucauldian Reading of Mothers' Views on the Paternalism/Autonomy Debate in Relation to the Sexual Practices of Their Intellectually Disabled Adult Sons and Daughters
How Do you Make Sociology out of Data? Robert K. Merton’s Course in Theorizing (Soc 213–214)
A New Cycloid Narrative Centered on Torricelli and Roberval to Understand the Diverse Ways of the Mathematical Revolution
Social Theory and Theorizing
Explanations for adaptations, just‐so stories, and limitations on evidence in evolutionary biology
Theory as text or theory as activities
Theorizing Communication. The Production of Theory in Communication Journals
The Missing Main Effect of Welfare State Regimes
The March to Relational Developmental Systems‐Based Theories
Theorizing theory
Does Membership in Civil Society Organizations Foster Social Integration? The Case of Danish Voluntary Sport Organizations
Réfléchir depuis Chicago
How do I know what I think till I see what I say ?’ An aphorism and its implications for creative theorizing
What is a method? On the different uses of the term method in sociology
La rete delle parole di pietra
Theory ex Ante and Theorizing ex Post
Gütekriterien in der Soziologie
Los conceptos sensibilizadores y el nuevo movimiento metateórico
Southern Identity and Serendipitous Opportunity in Qualitative Research Among Appalachians in Chicago
Migration, Remittances and Monetization of Farm Labor in Subsistence Sending Areas
Kuhn and the Discovery of Paradigms
The implications of sentence length for inmate adjustment to prison life
Cloister and society
On the Evolving Synthesis of Differential Association and Anomie Theory 1
Drawing Out Definitions
Challenging the sociological canon
Capturing methodological trends in mobile communication studies
Incertitudes et temporalités
La magica romanza della serendipità. Sul campo, l’accidentale e il sapere antropologico
Theory and Methodology in Sociology–Guiding Distinction
No fear of comparisons or context
Many Approaches, but Few Arrivals
Choice and Emotion in Comparison Theory
In data we (don't) trust
Toward a Historical Sociology of Canonization
Dynamiques temporelles et sérendipité dans les recherches contemporaines
Violence and voice
How Can Theories Represent Social Phenomena
A Sociology of Luck
Does Speculation Belong in Social Science Research
Sociologists in the International Arena
Field Experiments Across the Social Sciences
Deriving Implications of Comparison Theory for Demographic Phenomena
A 'Scientific Revolution
The Meaning of 'Theory
Not theories but explanations? A methodological inquiry
Analyzing conflict severity
| Unique citing works | 54 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,02 |
| Citation span | 1973 - 2025 (53) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 54 |