Methods and Imagination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2325481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Keith Hope (Oxford, Nuffield College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 570-578 |
| Publication date | 1981-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/003803858101500414 |
| OpenAlex | W2018251925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Quantitative analysis in sociology is a way of representing theories and, properly handled, its techniques may be employed to explore the relations between different theories. This is something which can be conveyed even to beginners by teaching them analysis by means of design matrices. Two examples are given, one an analysis of a table of means and the other a class analysis of a mobility table
Class (philosophy) · Class analysis · Data mining · Epistemology · Sociology · Table (database) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Computer Science · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1987 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |