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Felipe A Csaszar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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certum quod factum how formal models contribute to the theoretical and empirical robustness of organization Theory
Journal of Management, 2020Co-Authors: Felipe A CsaszarAbstract:The aim of this commentary is to show how the use of formal models—both closed form and computational—can improve Theory development and Theory Testing in organization Theory. I also provide practi...
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certum quod factum how formal models contribute to the theoretical and empirical robustness of organization Theory
Social Science Research Network, 2019Co-Authors: Felipe A CsaszarAbstract:The aim of this commentary is to show how the use of formal models — both closed-form and computational — can improve Theory development and Theory Testing in organization Theory. I also provide practical suggestions (aimed at PhD students and researchers considering to develop a formal model) for dealing with challenges in developing and writing a formal modeling paper. By uncovering how formal models contribute to organization Theory and presenting the constraints that formal modeling papers are subject to, this commentary can also help consumers of modeling papers to extract more value from this research method.
Elizabeth R Groff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Simulation for Theory Testing and Experimentation: An Example Using Routine Activity Theory and Street Robbery
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 2007Co-Authors: Elizabeth R GroffAbstract:Achieving a better understanding of the crime event in its spatio-temporal context is an important research area in criminology with major implications for improving policy and developing effective crime prevention strategies. However, significant barriers related to data and methods exist for conducting this type of research. The research requires micro-level data about individual behavior that is difficult to obtain and methods capable of modeling the dynamic, spatio-temporal interaction of offenders, victims, and potential guardians at the micro level. This paper presents simulation modeling as a method for addressing these challenges. Specifically, agent-based modeling, when integrated with geographic information systems, offers the ability to model individual behavior within a real environment. The method is demonstrated by operationalizing and Testing routine activity Theory as it applies to the crime of street robbery. Model results indicate strong support for the basic premise of routine activity Theory; as time spent away from home increases, crime will increase. The strength of the method is in providing a research platform for translating Theory into models that can be discussed, shared, tested and enhanced with the goal of building scientific knowledge.
Tommaso Pavone - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mapping european law
Social Science Research Network, 2016Co-Authors: Daniel R Kelemen, Tommaso PavoneAbstract:This article constitutes the first systematic effort to promote a spatial and a subnational turn in the study of EU legal integration by demonstrating how geospatial methods and the selection of a subnational unit of analysis can improve our understanding of the use of the preliminary reference procedure. We conduct a Theory-Testing case study leveraging an original dataset of all references submitted by Italian courts from 1964 through 2013 and utilize geographic information systems (GIS) technology to analyze subnational patterns in reference activity. We use these data to evaluate whether several existing hypotheses explain recent subnational variation in reference rates. We uncover several illuminating findings. First, although population levels and domestic litigiousness best explain variation in reference rates, there is evidence that the domestic litigation effect is subnationally heterogeneous. Second, although use of the reference procedure has diffused since the 1960s, subnational reference rates are spatially clustered by issue area.
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mapping european law
Journal of European Public Policy, 2016Co-Authors: Daniel R Kelemen, Tommaso PavoneAbstract:ABSTRACTThis article constitutes the first systematic effort to promote a spatial and a subnational turn in the study of EU legal integration by demonstrating how geospatial methods and the selection of a subnational unit of analysis can improve our understanding of the use of the preliminary reference procedure. We conduct a Theory-Testing case study leveraging an original dataset of all references submitted by Italian courts from 1964 through 2013 and utilize geographic information systems (GIS) technology to analyze subnational patterns in reference activity. We use these data to evaluate whether several existing hypotheses explain recent subnational variation in reference rates. We uncover several illuminating findings. First, although population levels and domestic litigiousness best explain variation in reference rates, there is evidence that the domestic litigation effect is subnationally heterogeneous. Second, although use of the reference procedure has diffused since the 1960s, subnational refere...
Daniel R Kelemen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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mapping european law
Social Science Research Network, 2016Co-Authors: Daniel R Kelemen, Tommaso PavoneAbstract:This article constitutes the first systematic effort to promote a spatial and a subnational turn in the study of EU legal integration by demonstrating how geospatial methods and the selection of a subnational unit of analysis can improve our understanding of the use of the preliminary reference procedure. We conduct a Theory-Testing case study leveraging an original dataset of all references submitted by Italian courts from 1964 through 2013 and utilize geographic information systems (GIS) technology to analyze subnational patterns in reference activity. We use these data to evaluate whether several existing hypotheses explain recent subnational variation in reference rates. We uncover several illuminating findings. First, although population levels and domestic litigiousness best explain variation in reference rates, there is evidence that the domestic litigation effect is subnationally heterogeneous. Second, although use of the reference procedure has diffused since the 1960s, subnational reference rates are spatially clustered by issue area.
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mapping european law
Journal of European Public Policy, 2016Co-Authors: Daniel R Kelemen, Tommaso PavoneAbstract:ABSTRACTThis article constitutes the first systematic effort to promote a spatial and a subnational turn in the study of EU legal integration by demonstrating how geospatial methods and the selection of a subnational unit of analysis can improve our understanding of the use of the preliminary reference procedure. We conduct a Theory-Testing case study leveraging an original dataset of all references submitted by Italian courts from 1964 through 2013 and utilize geographic information systems (GIS) technology to analyze subnational patterns in reference activity. We use these data to evaluate whether several existing hypotheses explain recent subnational variation in reference rates. We uncover several illuminating findings. First, although population levels and domestic litigiousness best explain variation in reference rates, there is evidence that the domestic litigation effect is subnationally heterogeneous. Second, although use of the reference procedure has diffused since the 1960s, subnational refere...
John E Hunter - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Theory Testing and measurement error
Intelligence, 1999Co-Authors: Frank L Schmidt, John E HunterAbstract:Accurate empirical tests of theories and hypotheses are not possible unless the inevitable biases induced into data by measurement error are controlled for. Yet despite 90 years of recommendations from measurement Theory and methodology, some still do not control for these biases in their research. This paper presents simple and direct demonstrations showing why basic measurement principles require that biases in data created by measurement error be removed and refutes commonly heard objections to the corrections for these biases. One factor contributing to resistance on the part of some researchers is the fact that most psychologists are not aware that measurement error is produced by real psychological processes that can be studied and understood. This paper describes those substantive psychological process and shows how each generates a different type of measurement error. We also show how different types of reliability estimates assess and calibrate different error processes and types of measurement error, leading directly to conclusions about which types of reliability estimates are appropriate for measurement error corrections in different research settings. Failure to control for biases induced by measurement error has retarded the development of cumulative research knowledge. It is our hope that this paper will contribute to removing these hobbles from psychological research.
