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L'histoire quantitative: reflexions epistemologiques
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Abstract This article outlines the present state of the debate on quantitative history in France. J.-L. Robert observes a transformation of "classic" approaches to social and economic history as a result of new statistical tools, now available to historians. He advocates a careful methodological assessment o... view more
This article outlines the present state of the debate on quantitative history in France. J.-L. Robert observes a transformation of "classic" approaches to social and economic history as a result of new statistical tools, now available to historians. He advocates a careful methodological assessment of these techniques of research and discusses in detail problems like the stability of indicators over time, the application of sampling-techniques, and the limits of quantification in history.... view less
Keywords
historical social research; quantitative method; France
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Method
epistemological
Document language
French
Publication Year
1983
Page/Pages
p. 24-33
Journal
Historical Social Research, 8 (1983) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.8.1983.1.24-33
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed