本书旨在向从事社会研究的读者呈现需要特别关注的研究设计议题。在进行社会研究时，一个重要的问题是研究设计与研究的实际过程相互不匹配，而一些研究方法教材又比较关注数据收集策略和统计分析。研究方法的核心内容应该是研究设计，故本书描述了社会研究中研究设计的主要类型，解释了研究设计的原理和目的，并提供了各项设计技术。 ------- 目录 前言 第一部分 什么是研究设计 第1章 研究设计的内容 第2章 研究设计的工具 第3章 因果关系与研究设计原理 第二部分 实验设计 第4章 实验设计的类型 第5章 实验设计议题 第6章 分析实验数据 第三部分 纵向设计 第四部分 截面设计 第五部分 个案研究设计 参考文献 索引 译后记

Authoring a Ph.D. Thesis involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also involves being examined and getting work published. This book provides a huge range of ideas and suggestions to help Ph.D. candidates cope with both the intellectual issues involved and the practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively.

An accessible introduction to the science and application of sample surveys Over the past two decades, survey research has evolved significantly. Survey Methodology describes the basic principles of survey design discovered in methodological research over recent years and offers guidance for making successful decisions in the design and execution of high quality surveys. Written by six nationally recognized experts in the field, this book covers the major considerations in designing and conducting a sample survey. Topical, accessible, and succinct, this book represents the state of the science in survey methodology. Employing the "total survey error" paradigm as an organizing framework, it merges the science of surveys with state-of-the-art practices. End-of-chapter terms, references, and exercises enhance its value as a reference for practitioners and as a text for advanced students.

这是一本由学术界公认的大师和睿智的教师介绍现代社会科学研究方法的一流教材。Treiman使复杂的问题变得简单，并提供了许多实用的建议和最优的方法。本书没有复杂的数学推导，通过大量的实例领会社会科学研究的基本逻辑和设计思想，图文并茂，浅显易懂，把握前沿最新社会科学成果。《量化数据分析：通过社会研究检验想法》不只是讲授统计学——它讲授如何用统计学回答社会问题,它教会学生如何运用统计学开展一流的量化研究。

When it was first published, DESIGNING SOCIAL INQUIRY, by political scientists Gary King, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba, at once struck chords of controversy. As it became one of the best-selling methodology books in memory, it continued to spark debate in journal articles, conference panels, and books. RETHINKING SOCIAL INQUIRY is a major new effort by a broad range of leading scholars to offer a cohesive set of reflections on DESIGNING SOCIAL INQUIRY's quest for common standards drawn from quantitative methodology. While vigorously agreeing to the need for common standards, the essays in RETHINKING SOCIAL INQUIRY argue forcefully that these standards must be drawn from exemplary qualitative research as well as the best quantitative studies. The essays make the case that good social science requires a set of diverse tools for inquiry. Key additions to the seminal pieces gathered here include an original overview of DESIGNING SOCIAL INQUIRY, a new essay on evaluating causation, and a concluding chapter that draws together basic issues in the ongoing methodological debate.