Methodology and Epistemology of Multilevel Analysis
Subtitle: Approaches from Different Social Sciences (Methodos Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781402014758
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Social & political philosophy; Social theory; Sociology; Philosophy; Methodology; Philosophy / Epistemology; Social Science / Methodology; Multilevel models (Statistics); Epistemology; Social epistemology; Social sciences
First sentence: To give the subject of this volume - multilevel analysis - its proper place within the general context of the social sciences, it is useful to start with an overview of the issues and questions raised by these disciplines.
Description: The possibility to analyse human behaviours taking account of the multiple contexts in which they occur, is opening a new research avenue in social sciences. This book considers, through examples drawn from different social sciences, the methodological challenges multilevel analysis permits to answer and points out some limitations of these models. It also considers the more general philosophical and epistemological issues raised by their use, as the multilevel approach offers a mean to combine causal and systemic explanations.
Table of contents: title: General introduction (Courgeau D.)
pagenum: 1-23; label: 1
title: Multilevel modelling of educational data (Goldstein H.)
pagenum: 25-42; label: 2
title: From the macro-micro opposition to multilevel analysis in demography (Courgeau D.)
pagenum: 43-92; label: 3
title: Potentialities and limitations of multilevel analysis in public health and epidemiology (Diez Roux A.)
pagenum: 93-120; label: 4
title: Exploring small area population structures with census data (Tranmer M., Steele D., Fieldhouse E.)
pagenum: 121-156; label: 5
title: Organisational levels and time scales in economics (Walliser B.)
pagenum: 157-174; label: 6
title: Causal analysis, systems analysis, and multilevel analysis: philosophy and epistemology (Franck R.)
pagenum: 175-198; title: General conclusion (Courgeau D.)
pagenum: 199-214