To understand how we have become what we are requires, following Foucault, not a theory but an analytics which examines how tech- nologies of power and knowledge have, since antiquity, intertwined and developed in concrete and historical frameworks.…
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The authors examine the practice of dichotomization of quantitative measures, wherein relationships among variables are examined after 1 or more variables have been converted to dichotomous variables by splitting the sample at some point on the…
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This paper attempts a greater precision and clarity of understanding concerning the nature and economic significance of knowledge and its variegated forms by presenting 'the skeptical economist's guide to 'tacit knowledge''. It critically…
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This article outlines the mechanism by which brokerage provides social capital. Opinion and behavior are more homogeneous within than between groups, so people connected across groups are more familiar with alternative ways of thinking and behaving.…
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This book provides an elementary-level introduction to R, targeting both non-statistician scientists in various fields and students of statistics. The main mode of presentation is via code examples with liberal commenting of the code and the output,…
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The Guidance document was written by and represents the views of the authors. Given the fact that perspectives on the definition, scope, and appropriate methods of impact evaluation differ widely among practitioners and other stakeholders, the…
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Analysis of social networks is suggested as a tool for linking micro and macro levels of sociological theory. The procedure is illustrated by elaboration of the macro implications of one aspect of small-scale interaction: the strength of dyadic…
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OBJECTIVES: To determine the most effective diagnostic strategy for the investigation of microscopic and macroscopic haematuria in adults. DATA SOURCES: Electronic databases from inception to October 2003, updated in August 2004. REVIEW METHODS: A…
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This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and…
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Social network analysis (SNA) provides a way of quantitatively analyzing relationships among people or other information-processing agents. Using 2 practices as illustrations, we describe how SNA can be used to characterize and compare communication…
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Sample survey nonresponse may introduce bias if non- respondents are not missing at random. Post-survey weighting adjustments are one strategy for addressing survey nonresponse. To be effective, the variables used in the adjustment need to be highly…
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How behavior and institutions are affected by social relations is one of the classic questions of social theory. This paper concerns the extent to which economic action is embedded in structures of social relations, in modern industrial society.…
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Rather than being written by one or two `generalists', this innovative book is written by a large number of active researchers about their specialisms in methods/methodologies. The book introduces all the key qualitative and quantitative research…
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Threshold models have been postulated as one explanation for the success or failure of collective action and the diffusion of innovations. The present paper creates a social network threshold model of the diffusion of innovations based on the Ryan…
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Formative constructs must influence two or more distinct outcome variables for meaningful tests of the formative conceptualization. Because the construct mediates the effects of its indicators, the indicators must have effects on the outcomes that…
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The Kerala model of development has won wide international attention for its achievements in regard to social development and, to a certain extent, environmental sustainability. The old Kerala model, preoccupied with redistributive policies, failed,…
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Theory-based evaluations have helped open the black box of programmes. An account is offered of the evolution of this persuasion, through the works of Chen and Rossi, Weiss, and Pawson and Tilley. In the same way as the theory of change approach to…
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In late-capitalist Western society, cross-ethnic cultural transactions are an inevitable daily routine. Yet, according to acclaimed cultural critic Rey Chow, the notion of ethnicity as it is currently used is theoretically ambivalent, confusing,…
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