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Developing Theories in the Social Sciences: Methods and Applications

Developing Theories in the Social Sciences: Methods and Applications

Sell, Jane
Webster Jr, Murray

Paperback

Series: Methodological Tools in the Social Sciences

General Sociology

ISBN10: 1009483331
ISBN13: 9781009483339
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 18 2026
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.05 Depth: 8.96
Language: English
Progress in the social sciences entails developing and improving theoretical understanding of social phenomena and improving methods for collecting and analyzing data. Theories organize what we know or expect to learn about phenomena and methods provide the evidential basis for the theories. While we have witnessed great strides in the development of statistical methods, there is less information for developing theories. In Developing Theories in the Social Sciences, Jane Sell and Murray Webster Jr. describe an approach for logical, consistent, and useful explanatory theories for social scientists. They emphasize properly defining concepts to embed in theoretical propositions, while providing guidelines for avoiding missteps that can occur, including imprecise definitions, incomplete assumptions, and missing scope conditions. Offering examples from different disciplines, the authors propose a structured method vital for building and refining theories about social phenomena.

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