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Analyzing inequalities : an introduction to race, class, gender, and sexuality using the general social survey / Catherine E. Harnois, Wake Forest University.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications, Inc., [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xii, 215 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1506304117
  • 9781506304113
Other title:
  • Analysing inequalities
  • Analysing inequalities : An introduction to race, class, gender, and sexuality using the general social survey
  • Introduction to race, class, gender, and sexuality using the general social survey
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.723 23
LOC classification:
  • HN90.S67 H37 2018
Contents:
1. An introduction to analyzing inequalities -- 2. Understanding data: critical concepts -- 3. Analyzing gender with the GSS -- 4. Analyzing race and ethnicity with the GSS -- 5. Analyzing class with the GSS -- 6. Analyzing sexuality with the GSS -- 7. Analyzing inequalities in families -- 8. Analyzing inequalities in education -- 9. Analyzing inequalities in the economy and work.
Summary: "Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Using the General Social Survey is a practical resource for helping students connect sociological issues with real-world data in the context of their first undergraduate sociology courses. This worktext introduces readers to the GSS, one of the most widely analyzed surveys in the U.S.; examines a range of GSS questions related to social inequalities; and demonstrates basic techniques for analyzing this data online. No special software is required–the exercises can be completed using the Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) website at the University of California-Berkeley which is easy to navigate and master."--Publisher's website.
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1. An introduction to analyzing inequalities -- 2. Understanding data: critical concepts -- 3. Analyzing gender with the GSS -- 4. Analyzing race and ethnicity with the GSS -- 5. Analyzing class with the GSS -- 6. Analyzing sexuality with the GSS -- 7. Analyzing inequalities in families -- 8. Analyzing inequalities in education -- 9. Analyzing inequalities in the economy and work.

"Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Using the General Social Survey is a practical resource for helping students connect sociological issues with real-world data in the context of their first undergraduate sociology courses. This worktext introduces readers to the GSS, one of the most widely analyzed surveys in the U.S.; examines a range of GSS questions related to social inequalities; and demonstrates basic techniques for analyzing this data online. No special software is required–the exercises can be completed using the Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) website at the University of California-Berkeley which is easy to navigate and master."--Publisher's website.

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