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First- and Second-Order Methodological Developments from the Coleman Report
Samuel R. Lucas
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2016, 2 (5) 117-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.06
Samuel R. Lucas
aProfessor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley

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First- and Second-Order Methodological Developments from the Coleman Report
Samuel R. Lucas
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2016, 2 (5) 117-140; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.06
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- Article
- Abstract
- IMPORTANT DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THE COLEMAN REPORT
- KEY CRITICISMS OF THE COLEMAN REPORT
- EXEMPLARY FIRST-ORDER RESPONSES
- FIRST-ORDER METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS CHALLENGED
- SECOND-ORDER METHODOLOGICAL RESPONSES
- WHAT IS TO BE DONE? HARVESTING THE INSIGHTS OF SECOND-ORDER DEVELOPMENTS
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- Acknowledgments
- APPENDIX A
- APPENDIX B
- APPENDIX C
- FOOTNOTES
- REFERENCES
- Figures & Data
- Additional
- Info & Metrics
- References