Sociological methodology 1971 / Editor, Herbert L. Costner - San Francisco ; Washington ; London : Jossey-Bass Inc., c1971 - xix, 337 p. ; 24 cm - The Jossey-bass Behavioral science series . - Jossey-Bass behavioral science series. .



CONTENT

PART ONE: STRATEGIES OF DATA PRODUCTION
1. Systematic observation of natural phenomena

2. Detection theory and problems of psychosocial discrimination

3. Coding responses to open-ended questions

PART TWO. MEASUREMENT ERROR IN REGERSSION AND PATH ANALYSIS
4. The treatment of unobservable variables in path analysis

5. Robustness bin regression analysis

6. Techniques for using ordinal measures in regression and path analysis

PART THREE. PATH AND PROGRESS MODELS
7. Formal theory

8. Key variables

9. Coleman's process approach

PART FOUR. ASSOCIATION AND PREDICTION OF VARIABLES
10. Integrated approach to measuring association

11. Continuities in social prediction


Includes index

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"An official publication of the American Sociological Association."

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