Social Measurement, 1st Edition

Social Measurement, 1st Edition

Social Measurement, 1st Edition

eBook
Author(s):Donald T. Campbell
Format: Print PDF
Published year: 2001
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452206608, 9780761904076, 9780761904069

Summary

This book provides researchers, evaluators, and graduate students with a user-friendly presentation of Campbell's essential work (including his latest thoughts on some of his classic works) in social measurement. The book includes Campbell's arguments as to why qualitative approaches belong with quantitative ones as the assumptive background to relevant quantitative measures, his debate with deconstructionists and social constructionists on measurement validity, and an expansion and further explanation of his multitrait-multimethod matrix. By including overviews for each part and article as well as provide social scientists with useful insights into Campbell's papers in a format accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students.
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