The Quantitative Methods in the Latin American Social Sciences

This text analyses how Statistics has been applied in sociological research during the last four decades, and its links to the main social and political processes. From the informed experience of the author, it distinguishes three moments: height, exile, resurgence.

Bibliographic Details
Author: Cortés, Fernando
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2008
Country:Ecuador
Institution:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repository:Revista ICONOS
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/255
Online Access:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/255
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:statistics
methodology
social sciences
sociology
Latin America
estadística
metodología
ciencias sociales
sociología
América Latina
Description
Summary:This text analyses how Statistics has been applied in sociological research during the last four decades, and its links to the main social and political processes. From the informed experience of the author, it distinguishes three moments: height, exile, resurgence.