Abstract
This issue of the BMS includes the fall 2015 issue of the RC33 Newsletter of the Research Committee “Logic and Methodology” of the International Sociological Association (ISA). This issue of the BMS also includes three research articles and two research notes, all in English. The research notes are the first such joint effort by the BMS and RC33
The first research article, “Using Correspondence Analysis in Multiple Case Studies”, by Natascha H. H. Kienstra and Peter G. M. van der Heijden, uses correspondence analysis (CA) to study a multiple case study meta-matrix that consists of cases by variables. CA and cross-case synthesis are then compared on data concerning the teaching philosophy.
The second research article, “Analyzing Open-ended Questions by Means of Text Analysis Procedures”, by Roel Popping, discusses requirements to be made of such open-ended questions and choices in the development of a code system, either from an instrumental (computer assisted) or a representational (with intercoder reliability) perspective.
The third research article, “Assessing the Effect of Panel Attrition on Log-linear Model Estimation”, by Tim F. Liao, examines the impact of panel attrition on the association between categorical or cross-classified data via a log-linear model and the utilization of a simulation study.
The first joint BMS-RC33 research note, “Sociological Methodology - BMS & RC33 - News from Latin America”, by Adriana García Andrade, presents the evolution of sociological methodology in Latin America.
The second joint BMS-RC33 research note is “Sociological Methodology - BMS & RC33 - News from Historical and Comparative Sociology in Japan”, by Fumiya Onaka.