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Gary King

Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research

by Gary King (Author), Robert O. Keohane (Author), Sidney Verba (Author)

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While heated arguments between practitioners of qualitative and quantitative research have begun to test the very integrity of the social sciences, Gary King, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba have produced a farsighted and timely book that promises to sharpen and strengthen a wide range of research performed in this field. These leading scholars, each representing diverse academic traditions, have developed a unified approach to valid descriptive and causal inference in qualitative research, where numerical measurement is either impossible or undesirable. Their book demonstrates that the same logic of inference underlies both good quantitative and good qualitative research designs, and their approach applies equally to each.

Providing precepts intended to stimulate and discipline thought, the authors explore issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering causal effects, and generally improving qualitative research. Among the specific topics they address are interpretation and inference, comparative case studies, constructing causal theories, dependent and explanatory variables, the limits of random selection, selection bias, and errors in measurement. Mathematical notation is occasionally used to clarify concepts, but no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics is assumed. The unified logic of inference that this book explicates will be enormously useful to qualitative researchers of all traditions and substantive fields.

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9780691034713
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May 2, 1994
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300 pages
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H. Sætra

Qualitative quality

Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2007

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A lot of the other reviews give great insight into what this book is and isn't.
I simply want to say that this book is excellent as a guide to what an optimal qualitative reasearch design should be, if it is to be as valid and reliable as possible. Qualitative research seems like a "haven" for researchers that want to follow their "heart" or "feelings", and this book contends unscientific research in a way that surely offends many of these researchers. Not that feelings should be excluded, it's just that the design must be more than a subjective view presented as research, and this book will help, even if you don't agree with everything they say.

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Kevin MacG Adams, Ph.D.

KKV

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2005

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KKV is the book behind the excellent paper by Gerardo L. Munck entitled Canons of Research Design in Qualitative Analysis [Studies in Comparative Literature, Vol. 33, No. 3 (Fall 1998), p. 18-45].

The book has the details although it is harder to read than Munck's excellent paper. This is a must read for all doing Qualitative Research.

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Kat

When the authors actually get around to providing examples, ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2017

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When the authors actually get around to providing examples, they seem as confused as the rest of us on how to do quantitative analysis in Poli Sci.

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JessicaÂ Neafie

Perfect book for social scientists.

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2013

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It's a good book for social science researchers to read and use to develop their thinking in developing research plans and good research papers.

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YZhou

I particularly like their emphasis on causal inference part

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2016

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I used this book for master's and phd level research methods courses. It's concise and has a unified theme throughout the book. I particularly like their emphasis on causal inference part.

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G. W.

Beneficial

Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2020

Useful information.

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2014

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Useful but I would also recommend "Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences" by George & Bennett

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Carolyn Fricke

Great Book!

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2014

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Just getting started on the dissertation journey; this is a great book for the process! I'd recommend it for anyone working on their doctoral program!

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Enzo Lenine

KKV: uma leitura fundamental

Reviewed in Brazil on December 8, 2021

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Um dos principais livros de metodologia na Ciência Política. KKV definiram os debates metodológicos na disciplina desde a publicação da primeira edição em 1994. Ainda que suas abordagens tenham sido alvo de críticas, essa leitura é fundamental para todo estudante de Ciências Política e Relações Internacionais.

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T.P.

A must read reserch desgn book for Qualitative and Quantitative research

Reviewed in Japan on February 17, 2017

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This guidebook prevents you from making measurement errors that cause bias and inefficiency-based errors even before you begin your study. A must read for all researchers who wish to exceed their limits!

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Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2015

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