2024
DOI: 10.1007/s12108-024-09632-4
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Theory Figures and Causal Claims in Sociology

Gordon Brett,
Daniel Silver

Abstract: When sociologists examine the content of sociological knowledge, they typically engage in textual analysis. Conversely, this paper examines the relationship between theory figures and causal claims. Analyzing a random sample of articles from prominent sociology journals, we find several notable trends in how sociologists both describe and visualize causal relationships, as well as how these modes of representation interrelate. First, we find that the modal use of arrows in sociology are as expressions of causa… Show more

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