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."