Small N's and Big Conclusions: An Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases
Social ForcesPublished 1 December 1991
Stanley Lieberson
Citations474
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score1.57
SNIP1.85
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
Journal Article Small N's and Big Conclusions: An Examination of the Reasoning in Comparative Studies Based on a Small Number of Cases Get access Stanley Lieberson Stanley Lieberson Harvard University Direct correspondence to Stanley Lieberson, Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Forces, Volume 70, Issue 2, December 1991, Pages 307–320, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/70.2.307 Published: 01 December 1991
Keywords
Social Sciences
The Comparative Method: Moving Beyond Qualitative and Quantitative Strategies
4,219 Citations1989Charles C. Ragin
A System of Logic
1,243 Citations1843John Stuart Mill
The Canadian Journal of SociologyMaking It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory
508 Citations1988Jeffrey G. Reitz, Stanley Lieberson
American Sociological ReviewThe Logical Structure of Analytic Induction
338 Citations1951William H. Robinson
Cambridge University Press eBooksState Power and the Strength of Civil Society in the Southern Cone of Latin America
133 Citations1985Alfred Stepan
Cambridge University Press eBooksWorking-Class Formation and the State: Nineteenth-Century England in American Perspective
68 Citations1985Ira Katznelson
