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Formal Modeling in Social Science (Hardcover)
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Formal Modeling in Social Science (Hardcover)
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A formal model in the social sciences builds explanations when it
structures the reasoning underlying a theoretical argument, opens
venues for controlled experimentation, and can lead to hypotheses.
Yet more importantly, models evaluate theory, build theory, and
enhance conjectures. Formal Modeling in Social Science addresses
the varied helpful roles of formal models and goes further to take
up more fundamental considerations of epistemology and methodology.
The authors integrate the exposition of the epistemology and the
methodology of modeling and argue that these two reinforce each
other. They illustrate the process of designing an original model
suited to the puzzle at hand, using multiple methods in diverse
substantive areas of inquiry. The authors also emphasize the
crucial, though underappreciated, role of a narrative in the
progression from theory to model. Transparency of assumptions and
steps in a model means that any analyst will reach equivalent
predictions whenever she replicates the argument. Hence, models
enable theoretical replication, essential in the accumulation of
knowledge. Formal Modeling in Social Science speaks to scholars in
different career stages and disciplines and with varying expertise
in modeling.
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