Social Science Concepts and Measurement - by Gary Goertz

Social Science Concepts and Measurement is a comprehensive guide to understanding and measuring complex concepts in the social sciences.

This fully revised edition offers an updated look at the theory and methodology of concepts, with new chapters on scaling, aggregation, and the links between semantic measures and numeric values.

The book emphasizes that most concepts are multilevel and multidimensional, and stresses their use for both description and causal inference.

It explores classic paired concepts such as poverty and wealth, democracy and authoritarianism, and war and peace, as well as more complex topics like typologies, hybrid concepts, and the methodology of concepts in the classroom.

This indispensable resource for graduate students and scholars is accompanied by over two hundred exercises to help reinforce key concepts.

With its balanced approach to qualitative and quantitative methods, Social Science Concepts and Measurement is an essential tool for anyone seeking to understand and measure complex social phenomena.