From Causes to Events
Sociological Methods & ResearchPublished 1 May 1992
Andrew Abbott
Citations516
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This article reviews new and rigorous methods for analyzing narrative data and over-time data more generally. It locates these new methods within a general turn away from the “variables paradigm.”
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