Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research Gary King, Robert O. Keohane, and Sidney Verba is an English-language study book that focuses on qualitative research within the social sciences. This edition offers an integrated approach to qualitative and quantitative methods, with an emphasis on strengthening scientific inference in social inquiry.
The book covers essential topics such as formulating research questions, assessing data quality and uncertainty, identifying causal relationships, and making optimal use of qualitative research. It also addresses issues such as interpretation, comparative case studies, the construction of causal theories, selection problems, and measurement errors. By using mathematical notations for clarification, it remains accessible without any required prior knowledge of statistics.
This work is important for students and professionals engaged in social methodology, political science, and qualitative research strategies. It is thematically aligned with topics such as social research and statistics, political science and theory, and methodology within the social sciences.