What can Sociology Learn from History about Methodology?
Based on a meta-analysis of historical texts, typical aspects of historical methodology have been identified and are compared with typical sociological methodology. Drawing on this comparison, the author concludes that sociology can e.g. draw new insights from historical sciences about the relationship of qualitative and quantitative research, how to conduct complex research projects covering long time-frames on a high theoretical level, about assessing bias in samples, how to handle process-generated data and about data preparation.ABSTRACT FROM AUTHORCopyright of Historical Social Research is the property of AG fuer Quantifizierung &Methoden in der historisch-sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder’s express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy
