The 2017 volume of Sociological Methodology continues a 49-year tradition of providing cutting-edge methodology for sociological research. Under the editorship of Duane F. Alwin, three features are prominent in this volume:

Dedication to publishing purely methodological work that may benefit sociology and the broader social sciences.
Contributions by both sociologists and nonsociologists that have important methodological implications for the social sciences.
Appropriate and practical methods for substantive social science research.