TY - BOOK ID - 213891 TI - Multilevel Synthesis : From the Group to the Individual PY - 2007 VL - v. 18 SN - 128086494X 9786610864942 1402056222 1402056214 9048174104 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Demography KW - Multilevel models (Statistics) KW - Methodology. KW - Hierarchical linear models (Statistics) KW - Mixed effects models (Statistics) KW - Random coefficient models (Statistics) KW - Variance component models (Statistics) KW - Mathematical models KW - Regression analysis KW - Demography. KW - Social sciences KW - Genetic epistemology. KW - History. KW - Statistics. KW - Methodology of the Social Sciences. KW - Epistemology. KW - History of Science. KW - Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law. KW - Statistical analysis KW - Statistical data KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistical science KW - Mathematics KW - Econometrics KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Developmental psychology KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Historical demography KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Social sciences. KW - StatisticsĀ . KW - Epistemology KW - Theory of knowledge KW - Philosophy KW - Psychology KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:213891 AB - This book presents a historical panorama of the evolution of demographic thought from its eighteenth-century origins up to the present day, and uses it to demonstrate how the multilevel approach can resolve some of the contradictions that have become apparent and achieve a synthesis of the different approaches employed. Part one guides the reader from period analysis to multilevel analysis, examining longitudinal and event history analysis on the way. Part two is a detailed account of multilevel analysis, its methods, and the relevant mathematical models notably as regards the type of variables being used. Numerous examples, examined across successive sections, make the book clear and easy to follow. The theoretical and epistemological treatment of these problems, during which the foundations of sociology and demography are revisited, and the logical development that leads to the most recent approaches, are handled sufficiently rigorously to satisfy social science specialists while remaining accessible for readers new to the field. The whole adds up to a comprehensive account of progress in sociological and demographic savoir-faire, as well as being both a textbook and an assessment of the multilevel analysis that tackles one of the major problems of empirical sociology: that of integrating analysis at the individual and group levels. ER -