Chapter
4 Conclusions – The Future
pp.:
42 – 47
Cognitive and Communicative Aspects of Survey Measurement
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47 – 52
2 Respondents’ Tasks
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52 – 53
1 Introduction
pp.:
52 – 52
4 Attitude Measurement and the Emergence of Context Effects
pp.:
53 – 56
3 Question Comprehension
pp.:
53 – 53
5 Concluding Remarks
pp.:
56 – 66
Secondary Analysis of Official Microdata
pp.:
66 – 69
1 Introduction
pp.:
69 – 69
2 Illustrations from the United States
pp.:
69 – 70
3 Empirical Social Research and Official Data in Germany
pp.:
70 – 72
4 Strengths and Weaknesses of Secondary Analysis of Official Microdata
pp.:
72 – 75
5 Analytic Potential of Major Bodies of Official Microdata
pp.:
75 – 78
6 Research Potential and Prospects
pp.:
78 – 83
Computer-Assisted Interviewing in Social and Market Research
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83 – 91
2 Definitions and Descriptions
pp.:
91 – 93
4 Features and Capabilities of Computer-Assisted Data Collection Systems
pp.:
93 – 97
3 Classification and Function of Computer Technology for Social and Market Research
pp.:
93 – 93
5 Implications and Methodological Aspects of the Use of Computers
pp.:
97 – 100
6 New Data Collection Techniques
pp.:
100 – 104
7 The Future of Computer-Assisted Data Collection
pp.:
104 – 106
The Study of Work Values: A Call for a More Balanced Perspective
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106 – 111
2 A Brief History of Work Values and their Study
pp.:
111 – 112
1 Introduction
pp.:
111 – 111
3 Support for the External View
pp.:
112 – 114
4 Other Evidence for the Functionality of Economic Work Outcomes
pp.:
114 – 119
5 Implications for Management Practice
pp.:
119 – 122
6 Implications for Applied Organizational Research
pp.:
122 – 123
Theory and Practice of Sample Surveys
pp.:
123 – 137
2 Fixed Populations and Sampling Designs
pp.:
137 – 137
3 Superpopulation Models
pp.:
137 – 142
1 Introduction
pp.:
137 – 137
4 Analytic Studies
pp.:
142 – 144
5 Nonsampling Errors
pp.:
144 – 145
6 Sampling at ZUMA
pp.:
145 – 146
Statistics and the Sciences
pp.:
146 – 151
3 The Evaluation of Statistical Techniques
pp.:
151 – 154
2 Statistics
pp.:
151 – 151
1 Introduction
pp.:
151 – 151
4 The Role of Models in Statistics
pp.:
154 – 156
5 Connection Models and Techniques
pp.:
156 – 159
Measurement: The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in the Social Sciences
pp.:
159 – 161
2 The Dangers of Premature Precision
pp.:
161 – 162
1 Introduction
pp.:
161 – 161
3 Scaling and Measurement
pp.:
162 – 164
4 Uniqueness, Meaningfulness and Klein’s Erlanger Program
pp.:
164 – 166
5 The Psychology of Rectangles
pp.:
166 – 167
6 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
pp.:
167 – 169
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio Typologies are Misleading
pp.:
169 – 173
2 Stevens’ Typology of Data
pp.:
173 – 173
1 Introduction
pp.:
173 – 173
3 Prescribing and Proscribing Statistics
pp.:
173 – 175
4 Classical Criticisms of Stevens Proscriptions’
pp.:
175 – 176
5 The Controversy over Statistics and Scale Types
pp.:
176 – 177
6 Alternative Scale Taxonomies
pp.:
177 – 178
7 Proscribing Transformations
pp.:
178 – 179
9 Stevens’ Categories do not Describe Fixed Attributes of Data
pp.:
179 – 180
8 Good Data Analysis does not Assume Data Types
pp.:
179 – 179
10 Stevens’ Categories are Insufficient to Describe Data Scales
pp.:
180 – 181
12 Scale Types are not Precise Categories
pp.:
181 – 182
11 Statistics Procedures cannot be Classified according to Stevens’ Criteria
pp.:
181 – 181
14 Meaningfulness
pp.:
182 – 183
13 Scales and Data Analysis
pp.:
182 – 182
15 The Axiomatic Argument
pp.:
183 – 184
16 A Role for Data Types
pp.:
184 – 185
17 Conclusion
pp.:
185 – 186
Evolving Notions of Facet Theory
pp.:
186 – 190
1 Introduction
pp.:
190 – 190
2 Early FT and Attitudinal Behavior
pp.:
190 – 192
3 Early FT and Intelligence Testing
pp.:
192 – 193
4 On Mapping Sentences and Models
pp.:
193 – 195
5 Content Facets and Range Facets
pp.:
195 – 198
6 On Item Definitions and Attitudes
pp.:
198 – 200
7 Correspondence Hypotheses
pp.:
200 – 202
8 FT as a Theory
pp.:
202 – 206
9 FT Perspectives
pp.:
206 – 207
Factor Analysis in the 1980’s and the 1990’s: Some Old Debates and Some New Developments
pp.:
207 – 213
2 Some Theoretical Background
pp.:
213 – 214
1 Introduction
pp.:
213 – 213
3 Key Developments from 1980–1994
pp.:
214 – 219
4 Challenges and Directions for Future Research
pp.:
219 – 229
Causal Modeling: Some Trends and Perspectives
pp.:
229 – 236
1 Aims and Scope of Causal Modeling: Overview and Historical Developments
pp.:
236 – 236
2 Constructing Initial Candidate Models
pp.:
236 – 238
3 Model Estimation
pp.:
238 – 242
4 Evaluation of Model Fit (Fit Indexes)
pp.:
242 – 246
5 Model Modification
pp.:
246 – 251
6 Concluding Remarks and Suggestions for Future Research
pp.:
251 – 252
Attitude Theory and Measurement: Implications for Survey Research
pp.:
252 – 262
2 Unidimensional Conceptions of Attitude
pp.:
262 – 263
1 Historical Perspective
pp.:
262 – 262
3 Multidimensional Conceptions of Attitude
pp.:
263 – 269
4 Conclusions
pp.:
269 – 273
Reconciling Macro and Micro Perspectives by Multilevel Models: An Application to Regional Wage Differences
pp.:
273 – 278
1 Multilevel Models Bridge the Gap between the Micro and Macro Level
pp.:
278 – 278
2 An Example: the Regional Wage Curve Hypothesis
pp.:
278 – 279
3 Random Coefficient Models
pp.:
279 – 280
4 Data and Variables to Test the Wage-Curve Hypothesis
pp.:
280 – 286
A Phenomenological Approach to Social Research: The Perspective of the Other
pp.:
292 – 295
1 The Notion of Approach
pp.:
295 – 295
2 The Conception of a Phenomenological Approach
pp.:
295 – 296
3 Phenomenology and Social Research
pp.:
296 – 297
4 Phenomenological Approaches in Social Research: Two Illustrations
pp.:
297 – 298
5 The Phenomenological Approach in Perspective
pp.:
298 – 302
Hermeneutic Interpretation in Qualitative Research: Between Art and Rules
pp.:
302 – 306
2 Psychoanalytic Hermeneutics
pp.:
306 – 308
1 The Tradition of Hermeneutics
pp.:
306 – 306
3 Objective Hermeneutics
pp.:
308 – 310
4 Hermeneutics of the Sociology of Knowledge
pp.:
310 – 313
5 Interpretation: Rules versus Art or Rules Within Art
pp.:
313 – 315
6 Prospects
pp.:
315 – 316
On the Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Methodological Paradigms (Based on the Example of Content Analysis)
pp.:
316 – 320
1 The Metatheoretical Point of Departure: The Position of Content Analysis Between Monism and Dualism
pp.:
320 – 320
2 Prototypes for Systematizing Understanding
pp.:
320 – 324
3 (Methodological) Goal Criteria for a Constructive Approach to Content Analysis: Adjustment of Rules with Explicit Elaboration of Inferences
pp.:
324 – 329
4 On the Link Between Methodical Systematics and Object Adjustment as a Way of Reconciling the Quantitative and the Qualitative Paradigm
pp.:
329 – 334
Trends and Perspectives in Content Analysis
pp.:
334 – 339
1 Introduction
pp.:
339 – 339
2 Post-War Research on Content Analysis
pp.:
339 – 340
3 A Content Analysis of Content Analyses: Research Design
pp.:
340 – 341
5 Recent Developments in Content Analysis
pp.:
342 – 349
6 Conclusion
pp.:
349 – 351
About the Contributors
pp.:
351 – 359
Name Index
pp.:
359 – 365
Subject Index
pp.:
365 – 379