What is a model? How do you construct one? What are some common models in the social sciences? How can models be applied in new situations? What makes a model good? Focusing on answers to these and related questions, this multidisciplinary introduction to model building in the social sciences formulates interesting problems that involve students in creative model building and the process of invention. The book describes models of individual choice, exchange, adaptation, and diffusion. Throughout, student participation in analytical thinking is encouraged. Originally published in 1975 by HarperCollins Publishers.
- ISBN10 0819183814
- ISBN13 9780819183811
- Publish Date 27 September 1993 (first published 1 January 1975)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432
- Language English