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Setting the Scene
Appropriate Research Methods
'Science' in the Social Sciences
Design Decisions in Research
Theory Development
Social and Behavioral Theories
Describing How
Sample Surveys
Social Survey Data Collection
Administrative Data Systems
Observational Studies
Explaining Why
Qualitative Methods
Conversation Analysis
Software and Qualitative Analysis
What Works
Clinical Trials
Cluster Unit Randomized Trials
Emerging Issues
Ethical Challenges
Multilevel Modeling
Objective Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Evaluating the Quality of Health Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes
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Setting the Scene
Appropriate Research Methods
'Science' in the Social Sciences
Design Decisions in Research
Theory Development
Social and Behavioral Theories
Describing How
Sample Surveys
Social Survey Data Collection
Administrative Data Systems
Observational Studies
Explaining Why
Qualitative Methods
Conversation Analysis
Software and Qualitative Analysis
What Works
Clinical Trials
Cluster Unit Randomized Trials
Emerging Issues
Ethical Challenges
Multilevel Modeling
Objective Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Evaluating the Quality of Health Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes
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'Science' in the Social Sciences
1. Learning Objectives
2. Introduction
3. Statistical Data
4. Causal Reasoning
5. Psychiatric Epidemiology
6. Positivism
7. Probabilistic Reasoning
8. Purposes of Social Research
9. 'Science' in the Social Sciences
10. Summary
11. Glossary
12. References
13. Author Biography
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Contents
Appropriate Research Methods
'Science' in the Social Sciences
Design Decisions in Research
Theory Development
Social and Behavioral Theories
Sample Surveys
Social Survey Data Collection
Administrative Data Systems
Observational Studies
Qualitative Methods
Conversation Analysis
Software and Qualitative Analysis
Clinical Trials
Cluster Unit Randomized Trials
Ethical Challenges
Multilevel Modeling
Objective Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Evaluating the Quality of Health Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes
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