Designing Social Inquiry
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Designing Social Inquiry is an influential methodological book in political science that sets out a unified framework for conducting rigorous qualitative and quantitative research in the social sciences.
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| Designing Social Inquiry canonical | 4 |
| Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Designing Social Inquiry Context triple: [Gary King, notableWork, Designing Social Inquiry]
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Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias
"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.
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The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Designing Social Inquiry Target entity description: Designing Social Inquiry is an influential methodological book in political science that sets out a unified framework for conducting rigorous qualitative and quantitative research in the social sciences.
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A.
Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias
"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.
-
B.
The Art and Politics of Science
The Art and Politics of Science is a memoir by Nobel Prize–winning scientist Harold Varmus that reflects on his life in research and his influential roles in science policy and leadership.
-
C.
Enquire (software)
Enquire (software) was an early hypertext system created by Tim Berners-Lee that served as a conceptual precursor to the World Wide Web.
-
D.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
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E.
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
"Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media" is a seminal work of media criticism that argues mainstream news outlets serve elite interests by shaping and filtering information to manufacture public consent for prevailing power structures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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methodology book ⓘ political science book ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | methodology of social sciences ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve quality of empirical research designs
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provide unified framework for rigorous social science research ⓘ |
| argues |
good research design is more important than specific statistical techniques
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qualitative and quantitative research share a common logic of inference ⓘ social inquiry should approximate the logic of controlled experiments ⓘ |
| author |
Gary King
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Robert O. Keohane ⓘ Sidney Verba ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
causal inference from observational data
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concept formation ⓘ data collection strategies ⓘ hypothesis testing ⓘ measurement error ⓘ model specification ⓘ problem of selection bias ⓘ research design for causal identification ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| field |
political science
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social science research methodology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
causal inference
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qualitative research ⓘ quantitative research ⓘ research design ⓘ scientific inference in social science ⓘ unified logic of inference ⓘ |
| hasReception |
sparked extensive debate in qualitative methods
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widely cited in political science ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of qualitative methods standards in political science
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subsequent literature on causal inference in social sciences ⓘ |
| influentialIn |
American politics
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comparative politics ⓘ international relations ⓘ mixed-methods research ⓘ qualitative methods ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Princeton University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Rethinking Social Inquiry ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Designing Social Inquiry ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
positivism
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scientific method in social sciences ⓘ |
| title |
Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research
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linked to:
Designing Social Inquiry
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| usedAs |
graduate methods textbook
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reference work for research design ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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Designing Social Inquiry
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title
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Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research
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linked to: Designing Social Inquiry