TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashworth,Scott
AU  - Berry,Christopher R.
AU  - Bueno de Mesquita,Ethan
TI  - Theory and Credibility: Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Social Science 
SN  - 9780691215006
AV  - H62 
U1  - 300.72 
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Empiricism
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Quantitative research
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - A Model Discipline
KW  - David M. Primo
KW  - Elements of Research Design
KW  - Kevin A. Clarke
KW  - Methods and Models
KW  - Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences
KW  - Rebecca B. Morton
KW  - Thad Dunning
KW  - all-else-equal relationships
KW  - disentangling
KW  - distinguishing
KW  - elaborating
KW  - empirical analysis
KW  - external validity
KW  - extrapolation
KW  - game theory
KW  - incrementalism
KW  - intentional explanations
KW  - portability
KW  - quantitative methods
KW  - reinterpretation
KW  - reinterpreting
KW  - robustness
KW  - similarityall-else-equal claims
KW  - social phenomena
KW  - transparency
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Introduction --; PART I . FOUNDATIONS --; 2 The Framework --; 3 All Else Equal --; 4 Models --; 5 Research Design --; Interlude --; PART II. INTER ACTIONS --; 6 Reinterpreting --; 7 Elaborating --; 8 Distinguishing --; 9 Disentangling --; 10 Modeling the Research Design --; 11 Conclusion --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - A clear and comprehensive framework for bridging the widening gap between theorists and empiricists in social scienceThe credibility revolution, with its emphasis on empirical methods for causal inference, has led to concerns among scholars that the canonical questions about politics and society are being neglected because they are no longer deemed answerable. Theory and Credibility stakes out an opposing view—presenting a new vision of how, working together, the credibility revolution and formal theory can advance social scientific inquiry.This authoritative book covers the conceptual foundations and practicalities of both model building and research design, providing a new framework to link theory and empirics. Drawing on diverse examples from political science, it presents a typology of the rich set of interactions that are possible between theory and empirics. This typology opens up new ways for scholars to make progress on substantive questions, and enables researchers from disparate traditions to gain a deeper appreciation for each other's work and why it matters.Theory and Credibility shows theorists how to create models that are genuinely useful to empirical inquiry, and helps empiricists better understand how to structure their research in ways that speak to theoretically meaningful questions
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691215006?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691215006
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691215006/original
ER  -