Cumulative social inquiry : transforming novelty into innovation Introduction On differentiation and specialization Disjunctions between social theory and quantitative measurement Explication of texts : a useful tool Components of cumulative social inquiry The chapters Cumulative social inquiry : theoretical paradigms social research and empirically based theorizing Scientific communities and theoretical paradigms Exemplars and theories Conclusions Linking quality and quantity Diachronic articulation : quantitative first then qualitative Synchronic articulation Diachronic articulation : qualitative first then quantitative Conclusions Building quantitative studies on the qualitative Conceptual frameworks Items for indexes Vignettes and factorial surveys Analysis plans Evidence based policy Conclusions Qualitative and quantitative social structural theorizing A logic and vocabulary for structural theorizing Qualitative structural inquiries Quantitative structural inquiries Conclusions Statistical methods and process models Structural statistical methods Process models Conclusions Transforming novelty into innovation A theoretically informed data first strategy : cognitive dissonance A use inspired strategy : collective action A theory first division of labor strategy : postindustrial societies Theory driven survey research on political participation Conclusions Conclusion