Skip to main content

The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking

by Kenneth R. Hoover

145 Members ½ (3.50)

On This Page

Recommendations

Author Information

Classifications

Description

A concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking, this classic text--a favorite with students for over 30 years--makes scientific thinking, research methods and statistics accessible to undergraduates at a common sense level.

Tags

Recommendations

Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research by Gary King

Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research

The Practice of Social Research by Earl R. Babbie

The Practice of Social Research

The Media Game: American Politics in the Television Age (New Topics in Politics) by Stephen Ansolabehere

The Media Game: American Politics in the Television Age (New Topics in Politics)

Stephen Ansolabehere

Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry by Adam Przeworski

Logic of Comparative Social Inquiry

Adam Przeworski

Political Economics (California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy) by James E. Alt

Political Economics (California Series on Social Choice & Political Economy)

Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics by Seymour Martin Lipset

Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics

Seymour Martin Lipset

Political Science Research Methods by Janet Buttolph Johnson

Political Science Research Methods

Janet Buttolph Johnson

Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research by Jeff Gill

Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research

Social Theory: Roots and Branches by Peter Kivisto

Social Theory: Roots and Branches

The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy by Peter Winch

The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy

The War Ledger by A. F. K. Organski

A. F. K. Organski

Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in Twenty-One Countries by Arend Lijphart

Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian and Consensus Government in Twenty-One Countries

Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences by Jon Elster

Explaining Social Behavior: More Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences

Basic Content Analysis by Robert Philip Weber

Basic Content Analysis

Robert Philip Weber

The Craft of Political Research by W. Phillips Shively

The Craft of Political Research

W. Phillips Shively

The Theory of Democracy Revisited: Part One: The Contemporary Debate, Vol. 1 by Giovanni Sartori

The Theory of Democracy Revisited: Part One: The Contemporary Debate, Vol. 1

Giovanni Sartori

The Rules of Sociological Method by Émile Durkheim

The Rules of Sociological Method

Émile Durkheim

Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences by James Mahoney

Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences

The Concept of Representation by Hanna F. Pitkin

The Concept of Representation

Hanna F. Pitkin

Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective by Peter L. Berger

Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective

Peter L. Berger

A Primer in Theory Construction by Paul Davidson Reynolds

A Primer in Theory Construction

Paul Davidson Reynolds

Political Parties: Their Organization and Activity in the Modern State by Maurice Duverger

Political Parties: Their Organization and Activity in the Modern State

Maurice Duverger

The Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction by Martin Hollis

The Philosophy of Social Science: An Introduction

After the Revolution: Authority in a Good Society by Robert Alan Dahl

After the Revolution: Authority in a Good Society

Robert Alan Dahl

A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism by Anthony Giddens

A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism

Anthony Giddens

Statistics by William Hays

Quasi-Experimentation: Design & Analysis Issues for Field Settings by Thomas D. Cook

Quasi-Experimentation: Design & Analysis Issues for Field Settings

The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations by Gabriel A. Almond

The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations

Gabriel A. Almond

Social Research Methods by W. Lawrence Neuman

Social Research Methods

W. Lawrence Neuman

Regression Models for Categorical Dependent Variables Using Stata, Second Edition by J. Scott Long

Regression Models for Categorical Dependent Variables Using Stata, Second Edition

Why Men Rebel by Ted Robert Gurr

Ted Robert Gurr

Approaches to Social Research by Royce A. Singleton

Approaches to Social Research

Royce A. Singleton

Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990 by Adam Przeworski

Democracy and Development: Political Institutions and Well-Being in the World, 1950-1990

Adam Przeworski

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule, Vol. 4: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies by Guillermo O'Donnell

Transitions from Authoritarian Rule, Vol. 4: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

Guillermo O'Donnell

Contending Theories of International Relations by James E. Dougherty

Contending Theories of International Relations

James E. Dougherty

A Preface to Economic Democracy (Quantum Books) by Robert Alan Dahl

A Preface to Economic Democracy (Quantum Books)

Robert Alan Dahl

Methods and Models: A Guide to the Empirical Analysis of Formal Models in Political Science by Rebecca B. Morton

Methods and Models: A Guide to the Empirical Analysis of Formal Models in Political Science

Rebecca B. Morton

Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism by Michael Burawoy

Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism

Michael Burawoy

Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory by Bruno Latour

Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory

The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory by Richard J. Bernstein

The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory

Richard J. Bernstein

At issue: Politics in the world arena by Steven L. Spiegel

At issue: Politics in the world arena

Steven L. Spiegel

Voting: A Study of Opinion Formation in a Presidential Campaign by Bernard Berelson

Voting: A Study of Opinion Formation in a Presidential Campaign

Bernard Berelson

Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions, 6th Edition (Longman Classics in Political Science) by Glenn Tinder

Political Thinking: The Perennial Questions, 6th Edition (Longman Classics in Political Science)

An Inquiry Into The Human Prospect by Robert L. Heilbroner

An Inquiry Into The Human Prospect

Robert L. Heilbroner

The Marx-Engels Reader by Karl Marx

The Marx-Engels Reader

The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills

The Power Elite

C. Wright Mills

The Methodology of the Social Sciences by Max Weber

The Methodology of the Social Sciences

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes by Robert M. Emerson

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes

Robert M. Emerson

Sociological Theory by George Ritzer

Sociological Theory

The Social Construction of What? by Ian Hacking

The Social Construction of What?

Complete Recommendations

Member Reviews

Featured Recent Thumbs

All Ratings
1
1

0 reviews

Ratings

applegatelibrary 4 reviews

Members

Recently Added By: cstewartiii, clbsj, Vega1, backspeir, NjugunaWyatt, acm01

Author Information

Kenneth R. Hoover

8 Works 220 Members

Kenneth R. Hoover is professor of political science at Western Washington University

Classifications

Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
DDC/MDS: 300.72 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social sciences Education And Research Social sciences--research
LCC: H61 .H682 — Social sciences Social sciences (General)
BISAC: EDU EDUCATION Teaching General
POL POLITICAL SCIENCE General

More Classifications

Statistics

Members: 145
Popularity: 226,696
Rating: ½ (3.50)

Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 15
UPCs: 1
ASINs: 3

Quick Facts

Published: 1980
Genres: Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
DDC/MDS: 300.72
LCC: H61 .H682

Author

Picture of author.

Kenneth R. Hoover

8 Works 220 Members

Popular Covers

Find It

Links

No links

Popularity

100%
11%
98%
54%
40%
10%
69%
49%
37%
55%
12%
42%
21%
27%

2011
2025

Ratings

Stars: ½ (3.50)

Click to expand

Click to reduce

Helpers

jefbra (2), bilbette (1), BogAl (1), hawkspring0 (1), MedievalPSLibrary (1)

Verdana Standard Verdana Small The Lorax System Standard System Large Georgia Large Text Atkinson