Julian Simon

Basic Research Methods in Social Science; 1: Introduction; I: Part One the Process of Social-Science Research; 2: The Language of Research: Definitions and Validitg; 3: Basic Concepts of Research; 4: Types of Empirical Research; 5: Theory, Model, Hypothesis, and Empirical Research; 6: Choosing Appropriate Proxies for Theoretical Variables; II: Part Two Research Decisions and Procedures; 7: The Steps in an Empirical Research Study; 8: How to Assess the Potential Value of Research Projects; 9: Sampling; 10: Experiments: Pro, Con, and how to do them; 11: Designing Experiments; 12: Non-Experimental Designs Far Studying Relationships; 13: Surveys: Pro, Can, and how to do them; 14: Same Other Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques; 15: Classifying, Measuring, and Scaling; 16: Scaling Human Responses; 17: Data Handling, Adjusting, and Summarizing; III: Part Three the Obstacles to Social-Science Knowledge and Wags to Overcome them; 18: The Concept of Obstacles in the Search for Ernpical Knowledge; 19: Obstacles Created by the Humanness of the Observer: Appendix on Interviewing; 20: Complexities and Intractability of the Human Mind: Appendix an Questionnaire Construction; 21: Obstacles to Obtaining Adequate Subject Matter; 22: Obstacles to The Study of Changes Aver Time; 23: Obstacles to the Search for Causal Relationships; 24: The Master Obstacle: Cost; IV: Part Four Extracting the Meaning of Data; 25: Analysis of Simple Data: Association and Regression; 26: Searching for Relationships: Analysis of Complex Data; 27: Inferential Statistics: Introduction; 28: Probability and Hypothesis Testing by the Monte Carlo Method; 29: Hypothesis Testing with Measured Data; 30: Correlation and other Statistical Issues; 31: How Big a Sample?; 32: The Concept of Causality in Social Science, with Notes on Prediction, Law, Explanation, and Function; V: Part Five Epilogue; 33: The Nature, Powers, and Limits of Social Science