Sociological methodology. Vol. 35, 2005 /
Sociological methodology. Vol. 35, 2005 /
Two thousand and five Two thousand five 2005
editor: Ross M. Stolzenberg.
- xviii, 348 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The scientific model of causality / Discussion : 'the scientific model of causality' / Rejoinder : response to Sobel / Pretesting experimental instructions / A new approach to estimating life tables with covariates and constructing interval estimates of life table quantities / Robust spatial analysis of rare crimes : an information-theoretic approach / Improved regression estimation of a multivariate relationship with population data on the bivariate relationship / Errata / James J. Heckman -- Michael E. Sobel -- James J. Heckman -- Lisa Slattery Rashotte, Murray Webster,Jr. and Joseph M. Whitmeyer -- Scott M. Lynch and J. Scott Brown -- Avinash Singh Bhati -- Mark S. Handcock, Michael S. Rendall and Jacob E. Cheadle -- Sean F. Reardon, Glenn Firebaugh and David O'Sullivan. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"Methodological questions come in many sizes. For those who like truly enormous questions, and for those who simply cannot avoid big questions, this volume of Sociological Methodology offers a major statement by James J. Heckman on the measurement of causal effects. Big questions and big answers require big discussions. Michael E. Sobel provides the necessary critique in a discussion that might serve as a chapter in its own right, were it not focused on Heckman's chapter." "But smaller questions are important too, and the answers to them often spell the difference between ambiguous findings and successful, useful research. In this volume: Rashotte, Webster, and Whitmeyer remind readers that small differences in instruction wording can produce substantial differences in findings; Lynch and Brown give readers new methods for calculating the life table quantities that are the mainstay not only of formal demography but many applied social science topics and policy research subjects that rely on the life table; Bhati proposes new methods for examining the spatial distribution of rare events - a subject that has frustrated those who study not only crime but epidemiology and related topics; and Handcock, Rendall, and Cheadle contribute a paper that demonstrates useful methods for incorporating into a multivariate analysis extraneously learned information about a bivariate relationship." "In short, Sociological Methodology 2005 contains contributions to a wide range of sociological research methods. Social researchers of all varieties are sure to find much of interest in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.
1405150688 9781405150682
Sociology--Methodology
301.072
Includes bibliographical references.
The scientific model of causality / Discussion : 'the scientific model of causality' / Rejoinder : response to Sobel / Pretesting experimental instructions / A new approach to estimating life tables with covariates and constructing interval estimates of life table quantities / Robust spatial analysis of rare crimes : an information-theoretic approach / Improved regression estimation of a multivariate relationship with population data on the bivariate relationship / Errata / James J. Heckman -- Michael E. Sobel -- James J. Heckman -- Lisa Slattery Rashotte, Murray Webster,Jr. and Joseph M. Whitmeyer -- Scott M. Lynch and J. Scott Brown -- Avinash Singh Bhati -- Mark S. Handcock, Michael S. Rendall and Jacob E. Cheadle -- Sean F. Reardon, Glenn Firebaugh and David O'Sullivan. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
"Methodological questions come in many sizes. For those who like truly enormous questions, and for those who simply cannot avoid big questions, this volume of Sociological Methodology offers a major statement by James J. Heckman on the measurement of causal effects. Big questions and big answers require big discussions. Michael E. Sobel provides the necessary critique in a discussion that might serve as a chapter in its own right, were it not focused on Heckman's chapter." "But smaller questions are important too, and the answers to them often spell the difference between ambiguous findings and successful, useful research. In this volume: Rashotte, Webster, and Whitmeyer remind readers that small differences in instruction wording can produce substantial differences in findings; Lynch and Brown give readers new methods for calculating the life table quantities that are the mainstay not only of formal demography but many applied social science topics and policy research subjects that rely on the life table; Bhati proposes new methods for examining the spatial distribution of rare events - a subject that has frustrated those who study not only crime but epidemiology and related topics; and Handcock, Rendall, and Cheadle contribute a paper that demonstrates useful methods for incorporating into a multivariate analysis extraneously learned information about a bivariate relationship." "In short, Sociological Methodology 2005 contains contributions to a wide range of sociological research methods. Social researchers of all varieties are sure to find much of interest in this volume."--BOOK JACKET.
1405150688 9781405150682
Sociology--Methodology
301.072