What is Wrong with 'Variable Sociology'?

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The basic method of quantitative social research is the analysis of relations between so-called variables. This article indicates by using some examples the explanatory deficiency of this method, and deals with the question of why an action-theoretical background explanation is necessary. Above all it is shown that statistical models of variable relations are themselves to be explained and cannot play the role of an explanans. Finally, attention is drawn to some socio-structural conditions of Wriable Sociology, which have recently taught us that an action-theoretical foundation for Variable Sociology needs to be recognized.

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