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Theory construction; from verbal to mathematical formulations

Title
Theory construction; from verbal to mathematical formulations [by] Hubert M. Blalock, Jr.
Author
Blalock, Hubert M.
Publication
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1969]

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Description
xi, 180 pages illustrations; 23 cm
Series Statement
Prentice-Hall methods of social science series
Uniform Title
Prentice-Hall methods of social science series.
Subject
  • Social sciences > Methodology
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematical models
  • Mathematics
  • Models, Theoretical
  • mathematical models
  • Mathematical models
  • Social sciences > Methodology
  • Mathematik
  • Sprache
  • Theoriebildung
  • Theorievorming
  • Sociale wetenschappen
  • Social sciences > Mathematics
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Introduction -- Axioms and theorems -- Recasting verbal theories as causal models -- Static formulations and identification problems -- Single-equation dynamic models -- Simultaneous-equation dynamic models -- Generalizations and levels of abstraction -- Theory building and the statistical concept of interaction -- Some elementary calculus.
ISBN
  • 0139133437
  • 9780139133435
LCCN
69017478
OCLC
  • ocm00012786
  • 12786
  • SCSB-2084691
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library