Methodological Problems
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 299
ISSN: 1540-6210
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In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 40, Heft 3, S. 299
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: The Journal of social psychology, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 165-179
ISSN: 1940-1183
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 36, Heft 3, S. 442-443
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: The Western political quarterly: official journal of Western Political Science Association, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 262
ISSN: 0043-4078
In: Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University: JPNU, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 9-17
ISSN: 2413-2349
The article analyses the nature and the content of the term "methodology", and concludes that so far there is no clear approach to the notion definition. Much attention is paid to determine the relationship between methodology and science, and to reveal dialectical aspects of this relationship. The author studies the main factors of methodology influence on improving teaching reality and pedagogical activity, and defines the role of methodology in forming the content of pedagogical education. It is proved that the improvement of the educational process and study of its main components depends on methodological culture of a teacher
In: The American journal of sociology, Band 91, Heft 2, S. 373-379
ISSN: 1537-5390
In: Journal of theoretical politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 307-322
ISSN: 1460-3667
This article attempts to highlight the logical fabric of comparison in comparative politics. The framework encompassing various views on the nature of comparison includes epistemological notions that underlie comparative analysis such as the contexts of discovery and justification in science, as well as the role of logic within these contexts. These various views on the nature of comparison range from (1) the MSSD (Most Similar Systems Design) to (2) the MDSD (Most Different Systems Design); (3) the possibility of mirror-imagng these designs; (4) the notion that comparison is such an intrinsic part of science that it cannot deserve special status; (5) the notion that comparison is of such divergent nature that it cannot be classified; and (6) the view that comparison should be regarded as a debate over the strategic employment of scientific method. In closing, a general conclusion on the locus and role of methodology in comparative politics is offered.
In: Journal of theoretical politics, Band 6, Heft 3, S. 307-322
ISSN: 0951-6298
In: The public opinion quarterly: POQ, Band 36, Heft 3, S. 448-449
ISSN: 1537-5331
In: The Western political quarterly, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 262-273
ISSN: 1938-274X
In: The Soviet review, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 3-14
In: Journalism quarterly, Band 55, Heft 3, S. 466-473
In: Journalism quarterly: JQ ; devoted to research in journalism and mass communication, Band 55, Heft 3, S. 466-473
ISSN: 0196-3031, 0022-5533
In: Human affairs: postdisciplinary humanities & social sciences quarterly, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 114-120
ISSN: 1210-3055
In: International review of sport sociology: irss ; a quarterly edited on behalf of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), Band 12, Heft 1, S. 93-99
No methodological critique should be seen as an attack on an existing study. Rather such critiques should be seen as a call to a community of scholars to re- examine or reassess work that may have seemed "finished." In view of the rela tively low esteem accorded to sport sociology (at least in the United States) it may be proper to emphasize that the problems discussed above are by no means limited to the area of sport sociology. Indeed, they are to be found in the most respectable literature of fields more in the "mainstream" of sociology (see Deutscher, 1973; Hirschi and Selvin, 1967). Hopefully, a continuing concern for better methodology among sport sociologists will help us to draw on the methodological wisdom of "general sociology" and other related fields without repeating the errors that have been made by scholars in those fields. A number of recent papers and exchanges in this journal and elsewhere have marked an apparent growth of interest in methodological issues among sport socio logists (e.g., Loy and Seagrave, 1974; Albonico and Pfister-Binz, 1971; McPherson, 1975: Wohl, 1975). This trend, especially the emergence of exchanges and discus sions regarding the relative merit of different methodological approaches (cf. Wohl, 1975 and McPherson, 1975; Lenk and Lüschen, 1975), may be seen as a sign of maturation of sport sociology as a field of inquiry. Given the nature of sport sociology such exchanges also provide an opportunity for cross-national and cross- disciplinary communication that is, perhaps, unparallelled in any other social science field. The purpose of this paper is to review some of the more significant works in the field in terms of certain methodological problems they present. It should be noted at this time that this review could not be comprehensive given the extensive literature that exists. The material selected is characterized by two general criteria: 1) it is important in terms of its substantive or theoretical content; 2) it represents an interesting methodological problem. Hopefully this paper will contribute to the apparent growth in consciousness of methodological issues among sport sociolo gists — and, perhaps further exchanges as well.