The Organizing Efficiency of Theories
The N/V Ratio as a Crude Rank Order Measure1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3756645 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karl Deutsch, Karl W Deutsch, Judith D Singer (0000-0002-5828-4961), E Keith Smith (0000-0001-7702-0809), Keith Smith (0000-0002-9238-1562) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 30-33 |
| Publication date | 1965-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000276426500900207 |
| OpenAlex | W2073772675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 2 |
A criterion is proffered for testing the organizing power of a theory: that theory is preferred to all alternative theories which has the highest ratio of the number of cases to which the theory applies to the number of essential variables which that theory must employ, holding constant the minimal accuracy and statistical significance demanded of the findings. The theory that industrial workers are more likely to vote for socialist parties than other workers is evaluated by this criterion. The distinguished authors are on the faculties of the universities of Michigan and Yale
Combinatorics · Constant (computer programming) · Econometrics · Economics · Mathematical economics · Order (exchange) · Positive economics · Power (physics) · Rank (graph theory) · Sociology · Statistical theory · Statistics · Thermodynamics · Computer Science · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Mathematics · Research, Science, and Academia
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1967 - 1982 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |