FIELD METHODS

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• Small, Mario L. and Jenna Cook.  In press.  “Using Interviews to Answer Why: Challenges and Strategies in the Study of Motivated Action.”  Sociological Methods & Research

• Small, Mario L.  2021 “What is ‘Qualitative’ in Qualitative Research? Why the Answer Does Not Matter but the Question is Important.”  Qualitative Sociology

• Phillips, Nolan E., Bryan L. Levy, Robert M. Sampson, Mario L. Small, and Ryan Q. Wang. Online first. “The Social Integration of American Cities: Network Measures of Connectedness Based on Everyday Mobility across Neighborhoods.” Sociological Methods & Research

• Small, Mario L. and Devah Pager. 2020. "Sociological Perspectives on Racial Discrimination."  Journal of Economic Perspectives 34(2):49-67

• Small, Mario L. and Laura Adler. 2019. “The Role of Space in the Formation of Social Ties.”  Annual Review of Sociology 45:111-32

• Small, Mario L., Robert Manduca, and William Johnston. 2018. “Ethnography, Neighborhood Effects, and the Rising Heterogeneity of Poor Neighborhoods across Cities.” City and Community 17(3):565-89

• Small, Mario L. 2018. “Understanding When People Will Report Crimes to the Police.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 15(32):8057-59

• Small, Mario L. 2018. "Rhetoric and Evidence in a Polarized Society." Public lecture, Coming to Terms with a Polarized Society Series, ISERP, Columbia University

• Small, Mario L. 2013.  “Causal Thinking and Ethnographic Research.” American Journal of Sociology 119(3):597-601

• Small, Mario L. and Jessica Feldman. 2012.  “Ethnographic Evidence, Heterogeneity, and Neighbourhood Effects after Moving to Opportunity.” Pp. 57-77 in van Ham M., Manley D., Bailey N., Simpson L. and Maclennan D (eds). Neighbourhood Effects Research: New Perspectives. Springer: Dordrecht.

• Small, Mario L. 2011.  “How to Conduct a Mixed Method Study: Recent Trends in a Rapidly Growing Literature.” Annual Review of Sociology 37:55-84

• Small, Mario L. 2009.  “‘How Many Cases Do I Need?’ On Science and the Logic of Case Selection in Field Based Research.” Ethnography 10(1): 5-38

• Small, Mario L. 2002. “Culture, Cohorts, and Social Organization Theory: Understanding Local Participation in a Latino Housing Project.” American Journal of Sociology 108(1):1-54

• [For full list, see CV]