FIELD METHODS

Small, Mario L. and Jenna Cook. 2021. “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]