Inquiry and Decision (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9781138813779 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 200 str.

John O'Shaughnessy

Opis

First published in 1972, this book combines concepts from the philosophy of science and statistics with social science techniques to form a methodological text for all those engaged in the social sciences and in management. It details the processes of inquiry - namely description, explanation, evaluation and prediction - and shows the role they play in prescriptive decision-making.

Spis treści

Preface;  1. Introduction  2. Descriptive Decision  3. Explanatory Decision: The Deductive Pattern of Explanation  4. Laws in Explanation  5. Behavioural Research  6. Statistical Generalization and Measurement  7. Teleological and Genetic Explanations  8. Models and Theories  9. Predictive Decision  10. Evaluative Decision  11. Prescriptive Decision  12. An Overall View;  Index

O autorze

O’Shaughnessy John