Social structural inquiries, part 1, qualitative and quantitative theories

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 801-825

  Smith, Robert B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Social Structural Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Levels of analysis; Qualitative and quantitative theories; Structuralism

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444437338     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-004-5009-7     Document Type: Article

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