Core social science concepts are inherently multidimensional and multilevel

Evidence

Most important concepts we use are multidimensional and multilevel in nature. Many, if not most, of the core social science concepts are complex in this sense. This volume provides a systematic methodology for analyzing and constructing complex concepts along with the appropriate corresponding quantitative measures. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts and Measurement, 143

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to earlier highlights on how colonial and bureaucratic taxonomies were built from multiple uncertain axes rather than single essences. — connects to: Spatially weighted multilevel modeling avoids unrealistic assumptions of independence between contextual units. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 81