The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Seekings, Jeremy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-19T12:25:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-19T12:25:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-19T12:22:32Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | One of the most striking contrasts between journals in South African studies. (or African studies more broadly) and journals in the social sciences in the USA or Europe is the balance between quantitative and qualitative research. In the USA, especially, a high proportion of contemporary research in political science and sociology as well as economics and development studies entails the analysis of quantitative data using ever more complex statistical techniques. In South Africa (and Africa) this kind of social science remains significantly underdeveloped. Since the mid-1990s, however, there has been a marked resurgence of quantitative research in South African social sciences, fuelled by the availability of new data, ready access to personal computers and more user-friendly statistical software, policy-makers' urgent requests for quantitative analysis and scholars' reimmersion in global academic networks. Economists have taken the lead in this new scholarship, but some political scientists, sociologists, criminologists and others have moved in a similar direction. Much of the new work has, however, been slow to cross disciplinary boundaries. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02533950108458702 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Seekings, J. (2001). The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa. <i>Social Dynamics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19719 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Seekings, Jeremy "The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa." <i>Social Dynamics</i> (2001) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19719 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Seekings, J. (2001). The uneven development of quantitative social science in South Africa. Social Dynamics, 27(1), 1-36. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0253-3952 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Seekings, Jeremy AB - One of the most striking contrasts between journals in South African studies. (or African studies more broadly) and journals in the social sciences in the USA or Europe is the balance between quantitative and qualitative research. In the USA, especially, a high proportion of contemporary research in political science and sociology as well as economics and development studies entails the analysis of quantitative data using ever more complex statistical techniques. In South Africa (and Africa) this kind of social science remains significantly underdeveloped. Since the mid-1990s, however, there has been a marked resurgence of quantitative research in South African social sciences, fuelled by the availability of new data, ready access to personal computers and more user-friendly statistical software, policy-makers' urgent requests for quantitative analysis and scholars' reimmersion in global academic networks. Economists have taken the lead in this new scholarship, but some political scientists, sociologists, criminologists and others have moved in a similar direction. Much of the new work has, however, been slow to cross disciplinary boundaries. DA - 2001 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Social Dynamics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2001 SM - 0253-3952 T1 - The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa TI - The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19719 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19719 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02533950108458702 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Seekings J. The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa. Social Dynamics. 2001; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19719. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Social Dynamics | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsdy20/current | |
| dc.subject.other | quantitative data | |
| dc.subject.other | statistical techniques | |
| dc.subject.other | political science and sociology | |
| dc.title | The Uneven Development of Quantitative Social Science in South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
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| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |