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From Causes to Events: Notes on Narrative Positivism

ABBOTT, ANDREW·1992·Sociological Methods & Research
DOI 10.1177/0049124192020004002
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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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Metadata

Authors
ABBOTT, A.
Venue
Sociological Methods & Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1992-05
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
428-455
ISSN
  • 0049-1241 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-8294
DOI
10.1177/0049124192020004002
OpenAlex
W2133618411
Cited by
524
References
3
FWCI
41.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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