As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivari...(展开全部)

As straightforward as its title, How to Build Social Science Theories sidesteps the well-traveled road of theoretical examination by demonstrating how new theories originate and how they are elaborated. Essential reading for students of social science research, this book traces theories from their most rudimentary building blocks (terminology and definitions) through multivari...(展开全部)

"Constructing Social Theories" presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manner, illustrates how they can be applied. Arthur L. Stinchcombe argues that theories should not be invented in the abstract--or applied "a priori" to a problem--but should be dictated by the nature of the data to be explained. This ...(展开全部)

"Constructing Social Theories" presents to the reader a range of strategies for constructing theories, and in a clear, rigorous, and imaginative manner, illustrates how they can be applied. Arthur L. Stinchcombe argues that theories should not be invented in the abstract--or applied "a priori" to a problem--but should be dictated by the nature of the data to be explained. This ...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Quizzes and examples of actual vocabulary tests are included in an informal guide to vocabulary enrichment for students, businessmen, and general readers.

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are the greatest threat to national security in the twenty-first century. How to Build a Nuclear Bomb explains what it takes for a rogue state or terrorist group to obtain and use them. But nuclear weapons and terrorism expert Frank Barnaby has not written a collection of scare stories. His purpose in How to Build a Nuclear Bomb is to counte...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Quizzes and examples of actual vocabulary tests are included in an informal guide to vocabulary enrichment for students, businessmen, and general readers.

John Whalen，拥有认知科学博士学位，同时还是心理学教授，在人本设计领域有超过15年的从业经验。通过将心理学、设计思维、精益创业以独特的方式结合在一起，他为财富100强公司、非营利机构和初创企业发掘商业机遇、打造用户体验解决方案。他是10Pearls的CXO，带领公司的创新、战略和设计团队。在加入10Pearls以前，他创立了Brilliant Experience研究公司。

The social science approach to risk has matured over the past two decades, with distinct paradigms developing in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, and sociology. "Social Theories of Risk" traces the intellectual origins and histories of 12 of the established and emerging paradigms from the perspective of their principal proponents. Each contrib...(展开全部)

The social science approach to risk has matured over the past two decades, with distinct paradigms developing in disciplines such as anthropology, economics, geography, psychology, and sociology. "Social Theories of Risk" traces the intellectual origins and histories of 12 of the established and emerging paradigms from the perspective of their principal proponents. Each contrib...(展开全部)