| Titre | Un type d'explication en sociologie : les systèmes de variables en relations causales | |
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| Auteur | Jean-Michel Chapoulie | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | 1969, 10-3 | |
| Page | 333-351 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Jean-Michel Chapoulie : A type of explanation in sociology : the systems of variables in causal relations.
The purpose of this study is the examination of theoretical and statistical problems posed by the analytical methods of relations between variables proposed especially by Simon, Blalock, and Boudon. The theories of causality justifying the statistical models constructed by the methodologists seems insufficient : or rather ; their absence of logical precision authorizes illegitimate use of statistical methods, or rather, by defining in logical mathematical terms, the concept of cause, these methods cannot guarantee the construction of any model. To avoid these difficulties, which limit the application of statistical technique to sociology, such as the analysis of regression and the recessive models, a definition of the notion of causal system is proposed which tries to make coherent the relationship between the conceptual definition of causality and its translation into statistical language. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1969_num_10_3_1546 |
