Social Inquiry and Bayesian Inference: Rethinking Qualitative Research

by Tasha Fairfield

Book Overview

Fairfield and Charman provide a modern, rigorous and intuitive methodology for case-study research to help social scientists and analysts make better inferences from qualitative evidence. The book develops concrete guidelines for inference to best explanation given incomplete information; no previous exposure to Bayesian analysis or specialized mathematical skills are needed. Topics covered include constructing rival hypotheses that are neither too...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108433359
• ISBN13: 9781108433358
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"