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Analyzing factorial survey data with structural equation models 用结构方程模型分析析因调查数据

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-11-29 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211043139

Bert Weijters, E. Davidov, H. Baumgartner

引用次数: 0

Using Inverse Probability Weighting to Address Post-Outcome Collider Bias 使用逆概率加权来解决结果后对撞机偏差

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-11-17 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211043131

R. Breen, J. Ermisch

引用次数: 1

Method Bias Mechanisms and Procedural Remedies 方法偏倚机制和程序补救

IF 6.3 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-11-10 DOI: 10.1177/00491241211043141

Minghui Yao, Y. Xu

引用次数: 3

Agent-Based Models for Assessing Complex Statistical Models: An Example Evaluating Selection and Social Influence Estimates from SIENA. 评估复杂统计模型的基于主体的模型:一个评估SIENA选择和社会影响估计的例子。

IF 6.5 2区社会学

Sociological Methods & Research Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Epub Date: 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/0049124119826147

Sebastian Daza, L Kurt Kreuger

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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