Introduction to the comparative method with Boolean algebra
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Daniele Caramani.
Series: Quantitative applications in the social sciences -- 158
Publisher: Sage Publications; SAGE Publications, Inc
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781412909754
Subjects: Social sciences -- Comparative method; Algebra, Boolean
Description: "Utilizing a systematic, broad approach, Introduction to the Comparative Method With Boolean Algebra gives readers the logical foundations of comparison with guided applications and is the ultimate comparative method text covering each of the current and most important issues in the field. Author Daniele Caramani discusses the elements of scientific research, including Mill's methods, Boolean algebra, classification and typologization, and necessary and sufficient conditions, and how these apply to concrete research in the social sciences." "This text is indispensable for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers interested in methodology, behavioral and social sciences, history, and logic."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.