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Setting the Scene
Appropriate Research Methods
'Science' in the Social Sciences
Design Decisions in Research
Theory Development
Social and Behavioral Theories
Describing How
Sample Surveys
Social Survey Data Collection
Administrative Data Systems
Observational Studies
Explaining Why
Qualitative Methods
Conversation Analysis
Software and Qualitative Analysis
What Works
Clinical Trials
Cluster Unit Randomized Trials
Emerging Issues
Ethical Challenges
Multilevel Modeling
Objective Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Evaluating the Quality of Health Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes
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Setting the Scene
Appropriate Research Methods
'Science' in the Social Sciences
Design Decisions in Research
Theory Development
Social and Behavioral Theories
Describing How
Sample Surveys
Social Survey Data Collection
Administrative Data Systems
Observational Studies
Explaining Why
Qualitative Methods
Conversation Analysis
Software and Qualitative Analysis
What Works
Clinical Trials
Cluster Unit Randomized Trials
Emerging Issues
Ethical Challenges
Multilevel Modeling
Objective Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Evaluating the Quality of Health Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes
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Theory Development
1. Learning Objectives
2. Introduction
3. Causal Complexity
4. Prediction vs. Explanation
5. Meaning and Background
6. Common Sense
7. Who Believes What?
8. Understanding and Interpretation
9. Two Approaches
10. Mechanisms
11. Theories and Systematization
12. Determining Real Causes
13. Confounding
14. Problems with Causal Models
15. Summary
16. References
17. Author Biography
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Appropriate Research Methods
'Science' in the Social Sciences
Design Decisions in Research
Theory Development
Social and Behavioral Theories
Sample Surveys
Social Survey Data Collection
Administrative Data Systems
Observational Studies
Qualitative Methods
Conversation Analysis
Software and Qualitative Analysis
Clinical Trials
Cluster Unit Randomized Trials
Ethical Challenges
Multilevel Modeling
Objective Measurement of Subjective Phenomena
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
Evaluating the Quality of Health Care
Patient-Reported Outcomes
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