"This book will guide the reader far beyond textbook treatments right to the vanguard of methodological debates about the application of statistical and econometric models in the social sciences. The collection is exceptional in giving voice to various perspectives, thereby highlighting the fact that statistical analysis of social science data is more than just the application of techniques"
Professor Bernhard Kittel, University of Vienna
"This is an outstanding collection of articles that will amply repay the efforts of any aspiring social scientist"