理論と方法
Online ISSN : 1881-6495
Print ISSN : 0913-1442
ISSN-L : 0913-1442
特集III 実証の姿 その思想と展開
Discovering Data :
A Neglected Virtue of Theory-driven Research
Rodney Stark
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キーワード: research, history, religion, witches
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2001 年 16 巻 1 号 p. 19-29

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     When research is theory-driven, the “proper” research method is the one that best tests one's theory. An often unnoticed byproduct of theory-driven research is the ability to “discover” appropriate data. I illustrate this point with the many instances when I recognized that the data I needed to test a theory were already available in some rather odd places.
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© 2001 Japanese Association For Mathematical Sociology
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