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Measuring the Nature of Individual Sequences 测量单个序列的性质

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-09-27 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211036156

G. Ritschard

引用次数: 13

Coping With Plenitude: A Computational Approach to Selecting the Right Algorithm 应对丰富:选择正确算法的计算方法

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-09-13 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211031273

Ramina Sotoudeh, Paul DiMaggio

引用次数: 4

Promise Into Practice: Application of Computer Vision in Empirical Research on Social Distancing 承诺付诸实践：计算机视觉在社交距离实证研究中的应用

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-09-13 DOI: 10.1177/00491241221099554

W. Bernasco, Eveline Hoeben, D. Koelma, L. S. Liebst, Josephine Thomas, Joska Appelman, Cees G. M. Snoek, M. R. Lindegaard

引用次数: 6

A Robustness Test Protocol for Applied QCA: Theory and R Software Application 应用QCA的鲁棒性测试协议：理论与R软件应用

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-08-26 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211036158

Ioana-Elena Oană, Carsten Q. Schneider

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引用次数: 14

A Tale of Twin Dependence: A New Multivariate Regression Model and an FGLS Estimator for Analyzing Outcomes With Network Dependence 双胞胎依赖的故事：一个新的多元回归模型和一个用于分析网络依赖结果的FGLS估计

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211031263

Weihua An

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引用次数: 0

The Social Autopsy 社会解剖

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211036163

S. Timmermans, Pamela J. Prickett

引用次数: 2

Linking Input Inequality and Outcome Inequality 链接投入不平等和产出不平等

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-08-01 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211014245

G. Jasso

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引用次数: 4

Evaluating the Cumulative Impact of Childhood Misfortune: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach. 评估童年不幸的累积影响:一个结构方程模型方法。

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Epub Date: 2019-09-24 DOI: 10.1177/0049124119875957

Sarah Mustillo, Miao Li, Kenneth F Ferraro

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引用次数: 3

Uncertainty, Possibility, and Causal Power in QCA QCA中的不确定性、可能性和因果力

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-07-27 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211031268

R. Rutten

引用次数: 13

Open-ended versus Closed Probes: Assessing Different Formats of Web Probing 开放式与封闭式探测:评估不同形式的网络探测

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211031271

C. Neuert, Katharina Meitinger, Dorothée Behr

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引用次数: 5