6 On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 Salsa Dancing? In the Social Sciences? 1
4. 2 What’s It All About? 22
5. 3 An Ode to Canonical Social Science 40
6. 4 What Is This a Case of, Anyway? 51
7. 5 Reviewing the Literature 76
8. 6 On Sampling, Operationalization, and Generalization 99
9. 7 Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty 129
10. 8 Field (and Other) Methods 155
11. 9 Historical-Comparative Methods 190
12. 10 Data Reduction and Analysis 198
13. 11 Living Your Life as a Salsa- Dancing Social Scientist 217
14. Appendix One. What to Do If You Don’t Have a Case 229
15. Appendix Two. Tools of the Trade 233
16. Appendix Three. Special Resources for Specific Methods 236
17. Appendix Four. Sample Search Log 242
18. Notes 243
19. Bibliography 285
20. Author’s Note 311
21. Acknowledgments 312
22. Index 315