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Book SynopsisSurveys are used extensively in psychology, sociology and business, and many other areas, but they are becoming increasingly difficult to conduct. This book provides the first systematic examination of the populations and settings that present unusual challenges, from Irish travellers to natural disasters, discussing methods to overcome these difficulties.Trade Review'The challenge of doing research with rare and difficult to find populations is shared across all sectors of the research industry. This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of methods specifically designed to meet that challenge.' Reg Baker, Senior Consultant, Market Strategies International'Hard- to-Survey Populations fills a key gap in the survey methods literature. It will be relied upon by both novices and experts.' Stanley Presser, Distinguished University Professor, University of MarylandTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Defining hard-to-survey populations; 2. Hard-to-survey populations in comparative perspective; 3. Measuring undercounts for hard-to-survey groups; 4. Counting and estimating hard-to-survey populations in the 2011 Census; 5. A review of quality issues associated with studying hard-to-survey populations; Part II. Conducting Surveys in Difficult Settings: 6. Disaster research: surveying displaced populations; 7. Conducting surveys in areas of armed conflict; 8. Interviewing in disaster-affected areas: lessons learned from post-Katrina surveys of New Orleans residents; 9. Reaching and enumerating homeless populations; 10. 'Where are our costumes?': The All Ireland Traveller Health Study - our Geels 2007–11; Part III. Conducting Surveys with Special Populations: 11. Representing the populations: what general social surveys can learn from surveys among specific groups; 12. Surveying cultural and linguistic minorities; 13. Challenges to surveying immigrants; 14. Ethnographic evaluations on coverage of hard-to-count minorities in US decennial censuses; 15. Methodological and ethical issues arising in carrying out research with children and young people; 16. Challenges in the first ever national survey of people with intellectual disabilities; 17. Conducting research on vulnerable and stigmatized populations; 18. Surveying political extremists; Part IV. Sampling Strategies for the Hard to Survey: 19. Probability sampling methods for hard-to-sample populations; 20. Recent developments of sampling hard-to-survey populations: an assessment; 21. Indirect sampling for hard-to-reach populations; 22. Sampling the Māori population using proxy screening, the Electoral Roll, and disproportionate sampling in the New Zealand Health Survey; 23. Network-based methods for accessing hard-to-survey populations using standard surveys; 24. Link-tracing and respondent-driven sampling; Part V. Data Collection Strategies for the Hard to Survey: 25. Use of paid media to encourage 2010 Census participation among the hard to count; 26. The hard to reach among the poor in Europe: lessons from Eurostat's EU-SILC survey in Belgium; 27. Tailored and targeted designs for hard-to-survey populations; 28. Standardization and meaning in the survey of linguistically diversified populations: insights from the ethnographic observation of linguistic minorities in 2010 Census interviews; 29. Mobilizing hard-to-survey populations to participate fully in censuses and surveys; 30. Finding the hard to reach and keeping them engaged in research.

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Book SynopsisOver the past three decades, Meyer, Jepperson, and colleagues have contributed to the development of one of the leading approaches in social theory, by analyzing the cultural frameworks that have shaped modern organizations, states, and identities. Bringing together key articles and new reflections, this volume collects the essential theoretical ideas of ''sociological neoinstitutionalism.'' It clarifies the core ideas and situates them within social theory writ large. Among other topics, the authors discuss the changing nature of the actors that have operated within contemporary social structure. The book concludes with the evolving frameworks that have structured social activity in the postWorld War II period of ''embedded liberalism,'' in the more recent neoliberal period, and in an emergent post-liberal period that appears to be a radical departure.Trade Review'Despite its influence, neoinstitutional theory has long been known by its parts, with organizational theorists focusing one strand and political sociologists on another. Institutional Theory, a collection of foundational and in some case little known essays and new reflective chapters by the theory's progenitor, John Meyer, and one of its most gifted expositors, Ron Jepperson, is the first volume to present institutional theory as a single coherent approach to social analysis, with compelling results. Because most work in institutional theory has been published in conventional journal-article format, using unpretentious language and familiar comfortably positivist methods, it has been easy to underestimate the extent to which it represents a fundamentally radical break with received theory, challenging and reworking such basic categories as action and agency, levels of analysis, and organization in ways that will defamiliarize and reconstitute the reader's understanding of the social world. This welcome volume will be a critically important resource for social theory for many years to come.' Paul DiMaggio, Professor of Sociology, New York University'Starting as a movement against mainstream realistic views of actorhood, neoinstitutional theory has established itself as sociology's core paradigm which tells us what makes it distinct in the family of the social and economic sciences. This collection of milestone essays demonstrates this achievement in all its depth and ramifications.' Richard Münch, Senior Professor for Theory of Society and Comparative Macrosociology, Zeppelin University'We have waited decades for a book long treatment of new institutional theory to be published. Simply put, the Jepperson-Meyer statement is a gem that was worth the wait. It presents many of the most important statements of the theory, a summary of the theory's substantial research program, and renewed theoretical analysis with a proposal for a reinvigorated empirical project.' Neil Fligstein, Class of 1939 Chancellor's Professor, University of California, Berkeley'Jepperson and Meyer expound the hugely influential institutional approach to understanding the individual, the corporation, and nation-state as cultural projects. These institutions arose by historical happenstance to become part of a global project that has culturally aligned societies around the world. The theory is not so much an alternative to prevailing theories of politics, structures, power, and self-interest as a corrective to all contemporary theorizing. This sophisticated, witty, volume theorizes not only where modern global society came from but, importantly, where it is going.' Frank Dobbin, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University'While modern common sense takes actors for granted, social theory must also look inside and beyond the black box of actorhood. In this important book, Jepperson and Meyer show how modern individuals, organizations and states are constructed from cultural models. They delineate and carefully elaborate a compelling theoretical account that spans multiple levels of analysis and provides illuminating insights into contemporary world society and its cultural-institutional framework.' Boris Holzer, Professor of General Sociology and Macrosociology, University of KonstanzTable of ContentsCredits; Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: cultural institutionalism; Part II. Institutional Theory: Its Role in Modern Social Analysis; 2. Society without culture (1988); 3. Institutions, institutional effects, and institutionalism (1991); 4. The development and application of sociological neo-institutionalism (2002); 5. Reflections on Part II: institutional theory; Part III. The Institutional Level of Analysis: 6. Multiple levels of analysis and the limitations of methodological individualisms (2011); 7. The limitations illustrated: examples from the research literature on macrosocial change (2007); 8. Reflections on Part III: levels of analysis; Part IV. Institutions of Modernity and Post-Modernity: The Construction of Actors: 9. The 'actors' of modern society: the cultural construction of social agency (2000); 10. Reflections: institutional theory and world society (2009); 11. Reflections on Part IV: the construction of actors; Part V. Conclusion: 12. Concluding reflections: evolving cultural models in global and national society.

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Book SynopsisThis 1988 reference book provides the major economic and social statistical series for the British Isles from the twelfth century up until 198081. The text provides informed access to a wide range of economic data, without the labour of identifying sources or of transforming many different annual sources into a comparable time series.Table of ContentsPreface; List of abbreviations; 1. Population and vital statistics; 2. Labour force; 3. Agriculture; 4. Fuel and energy; 5. Metals; 6. Textiles; 7. Building; 8. Miscellaneous industrial statistics; 9. External trade; 10. Transport and communications; 11. Public finance; 12. Financial institutions; 13. Consumption; 14. Prices; 15. Miscellaneous statistics; 16. National accounts; Index.

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Book SynopsisReflecting the rising popularity of research that combines qualitative and quantitative social science, this book provides the first systematic guide to designing multi-method research. It considers a wide range of statistical and qualitative tools, and develops over a dozen multi-method designs to test key assumptions about social science causation.Table of Contents1. Integrative multi-method research; 2. Causation as a shared standard; 3. Using case studies to test and define regressions; 4. Case selection after regression; 5. Combining case studies and matching; 6. Combining case studies and natural experiments; 7. Embedding case studies within experiments; 8. Multi-method case studies; Appendix A. Qualitative causal models and the potential outcomes framework; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisFor many students, the experience of learning about and using qualitative methods can be bewildering. This book is an accessible step-by-step guide to conducting interview-based qualitative research projects. The authors discuss the 'hows' and 'whys' of qualitative research, showing readers the practices as well as the principles behind them. The book first describes how to formulate research questions suited to qualitative inquiry. It then discusses in detail how to select and invite research participants into a study and how to design and carry out good interviews. It next presents several ways to analyze interviews and provides readers with many worked examples of analyses. It also discusses how to synthesize findings and how to present them. Doing Interview-based Qualitative Research equips readers in disciplines such as psychology, sociology, education, counseling, nursing, and public health with the knowledge and skills necessary to embark on their own projects.Trade Review'An insightful guide to designing and conducting a very widely used research approach that not only does justice (in multiple senses) to both the transformative commitment inspiring many qualitative researchers but also insists on the theoretical rigour such an interpretive enterprise demands, and correspondingly offers clear worked examples of different approaches to analysis. A particular further merit is the attention to wide geographical and cross disciplinary reach. The authors draw on extensive experience in formulating this accessible guide, which manages to be practical, engaged and informed, without being bogged down by jargon.' Erica Burman, University of Manchester'This volume offers students and their advisors clear and detailed advice about each stage in planning interview-based research, in data collection and in the data analysis and interpretation process. The authors offer many examples drawn from their own and others' research - examples that will help new and experienced researchers understand the subtle and sometimes-fraught process of deciding how to interpret what research participants mean. Researchers will read this volume once before they begin a project but it will be consulted over and over in the course of doing a project, and consulting it will truly help!' Abigail J. Stewart, Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan'An excellent introduction - packed with fascinating examples and lucid descriptions of the process of qualitative interview-based research. Highly recommended for beginners and the more experienced alike!' Margaret Wetherell, University of Auckland and Emerita Professor, Social Sciences, The Open University'Crafted by two highly accomplished researchers, this text is an invaluable resource for students and seasoned researchers alike … Doing Interview-Based Qualitative Research is a remarkably generous contribution to the teaching and learning of qualitative methods.' Michelle Lafrance, Feminism & PsychologyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Some examples of interpretative research; 3. Planning and beginning an interpretative research project; 4. Making decisions about participants; 5. Designing the interview guide; 6. Doing the interview; 7. Preparing for analysis; 8. Finding meanings in people's talk; 9. Analyzing stories in interviews; 10. Analyzing talk as action; 11. Analyzing for implicit cultural meanings; 12. Reporting your project; Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisActivists Forever? explores the consequences of political involvement on an individual''s life. While much of the research in this area has focused on the motivations of entire protests groups, the editors of this volume propose an approach that focuses on actors. This book examines political involvement''s socio-biographical effects, or the ways in which political commitment generates or modifies dispositions to act, think, and perceive, in a way that is either consistent with or in contrast to the results of previous socialization. The contents explore what political involvement leads to rather than what causes involvement. Using a variety of case studies, this collection of essays provides global coverage with a focus on participation in major protests in the 1960s and significantly broadens our understanding by looking outside the United States. These essays look at the lasting effects of activists'' knowledge, connections, and symbolic capital on their future participation in poliTable of ContentsIntroduction: activists' trajectories in space and time Olivier Fillieule and Erik Neveu; Part I. From Shades of Red (or Blue) to Shades of Grey: The Ageing of Yesterday's Activists Richard Flacks; 1. The diversity of activist outcomes: the role of ideology in shaping trajectories of participation Catherine Corrigall-Brown; 2. Biographical impacts of activism in the French 'May '68' Julie Pagis; 3. Life stories of former French activists of 'May '68':using biographies to investigate the outcomes of social movements Erik Neveu; 4. Women in political activism: the biographical resonances of the '68 student movement in a Latin American context Guadalupe Olivier; Part II. Terrorist Violence, State Repression and Activists' Experiences Jocelyn Viterna; 5. 'Join up', they said! The biographical consequences of engagement in Morocco for the 1970s generation and its children Joseph Hivert and Frédéric Vairel; 6. From militancy to activism: life trajectories of Sikh women combatants Laurent Gayer; 7. 'Married forever', activists forever? What the multi-level and interactionist approaches to the study of 'exit' reveals about disengagement from radical organizations in contemporary Turkey Jordi Tejel; 8. Contextualizing the biographical outcomes of provisional IRA former activists: a structure-agency dynamic Lorenzo Bosi; Part III. Biographical Trajectories in Times of Transition. Social Movement Activists into Politicians? Gilles Dorronsoro; 9. When prophecy succeeds: the political failure of dissidents in the new Czech democracy Magdaléna Hadjiisky; 10. From grassroots activism to the cabinet, round-trip: the puzzling trajectory of a peasant leader in post-Communist Poland Cédric Pellen; 11. Red t-shirt or executive suit? About some biographical consequences of contentious engagement in the workers' party in Recife, Brazil Camille Goirand; Addendum: life history as a tool for sociological inquiry Olivier Fillieule; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this Element and its accompanying second Element, A Practical Introduction to Regression Discontinuity Designs: Extensions, Matias Cattaneo, NicolásIdrobo, and Rociìo Titiunik provide an accessible and practical guide for the analysis and interpretation of regression discontinuity (RD) designs that encourages the use of a common set of practices and facilitates the accumulation of RD-based empirical evidence. In this Element, the authors discuss the foundations of the canonical SharpRD design, which has the following features: (i) the score is continuously distributed and has only one dimension, (ii) there is only one cutoff, and (iii) compliance with the treatment assignment is perfect. In the second Element, the authors discuss practical and conceptual extensions to this basic RD setup.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The sharp RD design; 3. RD plots; 4. The continuity-based approach to RD analysis; 5. Validation and falsification of the RD design; 6. Final remarks.

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Book SynopsisIn the space of just two decades, research on terrorism and political extremism went from a relatively uncommon niche to a widely recognized criminological specialization. This Element considers the ways that criminology has contributed to the study of terrorism and the impact the increasing interest in terrorism has had on criminology.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Impact of Criminology on Terrorism Research and Policy; 3. Terrorist Attacks, Terrorist Perpetrators and Criminal Offenders in the United States; 4. Worldwide Terrorism and Crime; 5. Discussion and Conclusions; References.

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Book SynopsisExperiments are a central methodology in the social sciences. Scholars from every discipline regularly turn to experiments. Practitioners rely on experimental evidence in evaluating social programs, policies, and institutions. This book is about how to think about experiments. It argues that designing a good experiment is a slow moving process (given the host of considerations) which is counter to the current fast moving temptations available in the social sciences. The book includes discussion of the place of experiments in the social science process, the assumptions underlying different types of experiments, the validity of experiments, the application of different designs, how to arrive at experimental questions, the role of replications in experimental research, and the steps involved in designing and conducting good experiments. The goal is to ensure social science research remains driven by important substantive questions and fully exploits the potential of experiments in a thougTrade Review'Experimental Thinking is a remarkable achievement. In its comprehensiveness of coverage of the diverse uses of experiments in contemporary social science, its level of sophistication, its balance of considerations pro and con, and its grace of expression, it is singular.' Paul Sniderman, Stanford University'Druckman pushes back against the fast-moving Mturkification of experimental research, advocating fewer quick and dirty experiments that are not closely tied to theory building. Although I am relieved to see experimentation accepted as a mainstream method in political science, this book provides a much needed antidote to the fast lane characterizing the current profusion of experimental studies.' Diana Mutz, University of PennsylvaniaTable of Contents1. Why a primer on social science experiments?; 2. The scientific process and how to think about experiments; 3. Evaluating experiments: realism, validity, and samples; 4. Innovations in experimental designs: opportunities and limitations; 5. What to do before, during, and after an experiment; 6. Designing 'good' experiments.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1969, this informative textbook is the second edition of the second part of a two-volume set exploring the subject of statistics.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Location and dispersion; 2. The normal distribution; 3. Probability; 4. Probability distributions; 5. The binomial distribution; 6. The Poisson distribution; 7. The x2-distribution; 8. The use of x2 in testing contingency tables; 9. Samples and significance; 10. Quality control; 11. Method of least squares; 12. Correlation by product moments; 13. Correlation by ranks; 14. Analysis of variance calculations; 15. Miscellaneous exercises; Answers to exercises; Glossary; Appendix; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe $12 billion self-help industry is under constant attack for pedaling false miracles to duped believers. But sociologist Albert Amao demonstrates that Americans eagerly support self-help books, seminars, and programs because, under the right conditions, these things work.Sociologist Albert Amao analyzes the accuracy of self-help and positive-thinking claims in this groundbreaking--and wholly unexpected--exploration of what works, what doesn't, and why. Regarding my personal experience, Amao writes, I can testify that positive thinking and positive action have worked wonderfully for me. Born in a poor Latin-American country into a very impoverished family with both parents practically illiterate, I was the oldest of five children. I started working when I was six years old, shining shoes and selling newspapers to help my family. Nobody then would have believed that I would be able to finish high school. Nevertheless, I was able to do it going to night

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Book SynopsisIn 1982, when Ullekh N.P. was still a young schoolboy in Kerala, he first came across Cuba and Fidel Castro in political discussions at home and on the streets. Keralaâs active communist movement and high literacy rates had made Castro a recognizable name in the state, and Cuba was idolized as a repository of âcommunistâ values.

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Book SynopsisResearchers rethink tactics for inventing and disseminating research, examining the use of such unconventional forms as poetry, performance, catalogs, interactive machines, costume, and digital platforms.Transmission is the research moment when invention meets dissemination—the tactical combination of making (how theory, methods, and data shape research) and communicating (how research is shown and shared). In this book, researchers from a range of disciplines examine tactics for the transmission of research, exploring such unconventional forms as poetry, performance, catalogs, interactive machines, costume, and digital platforms. Focusing on transmissions draws attention to a critical part of the research process commonly overlooked and undervalued. Too often, the results of radically experimental research methodologies are pressed into conventional formats. The contributors to Transmissions rethink tactics for making and communicating resear

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Book SynopsisResearchers finally have a resource that focuses on the research question, providing them with a unique approach that will help in the field. Key Ideas sections presented in each chapter act as an organising mechanism and look at the big picture of that chapter.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction To Research Design. Research What Is It Anyway? Qualitative And Quantitative Design. Types Of Research. Case Study. Introduction To Armchair Moments . Chapter 2 Scholar Before Researcher. Reading Why Do It? What Is A Literature Review? Research Idea Locations. Finding Literature. Background Descriptive Statistics. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 3 Problem Areas And Research Questions. The Need To Organize. Practical Tactics For Organizing Your Information. Transitioning From Organizing To Writing. Your Research Interests. The Road You Are On. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 4 Participant Sampling And Selection. How Do We Get Who We Want? Population, Sample, And Participants. Quantitative Single-Stage Sampling Procedures. Qualitative Sampling Process. Potential Harm To Participants. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 5 Believability In Observation And Measurement. You Must Know So They Can Believe! The Ways We Measure Quantitatively. Qualitative Data. “Score” Reliablity And Validity. Aera/Apa Guidelines. Developed Instruments. Reliability And Validity Of Qualitative Research. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 6 Instruments And Collection. Surveys, Questionnaires, Interviews, And Field Notes. How Should I Collect Data? Types Of Content. Basics Of Instrument Construction. Instrument Design. Scaling. Pretesting. Interviews. Methods Of Data Collection. Paper-And-Pencil Tests And Inventories. Cognitive Tests. Affective Tests. Language And Bias. Operationalizing Latent Constructs. Data Collection Patterns. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 7 Experimental And Nonexperimental. Research Design. Design For Strength And Elegance. Study Design Review. Designs And Their Limitations. Experimental Designs. Nonexperimental And Descriptive Designs. Brief Discussion Of Advanced Designs/Statistical Techniques. Types Of Data. Justifying Your Research Design. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 8 Qualitative Design. Introduction To Qualitative Design. Interactive Participation. Noninteractive Participation. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 9 Analysis Techniques: Descriptive And Inferential Statistics. Why Choose An Analysis Technique Now? Data. Descriptive Statistics. Inferential Statistics. Statistical Significance. Inferential Tests. Chapter 10 Data Analysis: Non-Numeric Data. Pattern Searching And Testing, Qualitative Style. Study Validity In Qualitative Analysis. Data Analysis Techniques, Phases, And Issues. Which Software To Choose, If You Go That Route. Analysis By Method. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 11 Program Evaluation. What Is Evaluation? Models/Approaches To Evaluation. Our Model And Experience With Evaluations. Additional Topics. Case Study. Armchair Moment. Chapter 12 Writing The Proposal Or Final Report. Research Report Writing. Proposal Report/Organization. Being Your Own Best Editor. Summary. Armchair Moment.

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Book Synopsis* Teaches students how to conduct the most essential part of social research data collection: the interview, along with how to organize, analyze, and interpret their data. * This workbook provides a step-by-step template for a collaborative class experience in deductive social science.Table of ContentsExhibits, Figures, and Tables. Preface. The Author. 1 Choosing a Topic. How Social Scientists Choose a Topic to Study. Pursuing Your Own Interests. Things to Consider as Your Class Chooses a Topic. 2 Literature Review. An Opportunity for You to Help Humankind. Searching for Journal Articles. Conducting Your Literature Review. 3 Refining Your Study: Concepts and Relationships. From Concept to Relationship. The Causal Model. Being Specific: Turning a Relationship into a Hypothesis. Tying Your Hypothesis Back to Your Literature Review. 4 Developing Your Theory: Thinking Made Explicit. Thinking Sociologically. An Example. Logic: A Tool of the Trade. Assumptions of Science. Combining Sociological Thinking with Logic: Theorizing. Developing a Theory for Your Class Project. 5 Research Design 1: Concepts and Planning. Validity and Reliability. Steps in Research Design. Step One: Defi ne Concepts. Step Two: Plan the Study. 6 Research Design 2: Methods and Sampling. Step Three: Choose a Data Collection Method. Step Four: Identify Your Population and Sampling Method. 7 The Interview Schedule: Operationalization. Operationalizing Variables. The Process of Operationalization. The Interview Schedule. 8 Conducting Ethical Interviews. Your Own Ethical Challenge. Ethical Abuses in Research. The Development of Standards. 9 How to Be a Good Interviewer. First Prep: An Attitude of Inquiry. A Note About Interviews. Critical Issues: Validity and Reliability Revisited. How to Collect Unreliable Data. How to Conduct a Great Interview. Refl ecting on Interviews. 10 Entering Your Data into the Computer. Using SPSS. Codebooks. Precoding Interviews and Surveys. Preparing for Data Entry. Entering Data: Using SPSS. 11 Data Analysis 1: Producing Frequencies and Collapsing Variables. Data Analysis Begins with Asking Questions. Checking Your Work. 12 Data Analysis 2: Creating Composite Variables and Cross-Tabs. Indices and Scales. Creating Cross-Tabulation Tables. Producing Tables to Test Your Class Hypothesis. 13 Interpreting Your Results: Cross-Tabulation Tables. Reading a Cross-Tabulation Table. Controlling for a Third Variable. Controlling for a Third Variable Using SPSS. 14 Writing Up Your Assignment. Doing It Right the First Time. Hints on Answering Questions. Formatting Your Paper. The Larger Benefi ts of Social Science. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe authors' inclusion of international experiences of election and exit polling expand the book's interest level beyond the domestic border - not to mention its use as a text. There are presently few publications, if any, that address the challenges and complexities of conducting this kind of research either at home or abroad.Trade Review"Elections and Exit Polling is an excellent basic guide to election polling, consisting of introductory material written by the editors and essays or excerpts of essay by various experts in the field." (MAA Reviews, August 2008) "This book is early proof that Warren Mitofsky's legacy will live on after him." (Clyde Tucker of CNN News) “An understanding the relationship between the product and the process in election polling is often lost. This edited volume unites ideas and researchers, with quality playing the central role.” (Michael J. Brick of Westat, Inc.) “The way [the author] conceived and constructed it is … a real joy for the reader.” (Dick Rubin of National Opinion Research Center)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Contributors. 1. Introduction (Fritz Scheuren and Wendy Alvey). 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Definitions. 1.3. Brief History. 1.4. A Day in the Life of An Exit Poll. 1.5. Theory and Methodology. 1.6. Recent electoral Applications. 1.7. Some Major Limitations. 1.8. Recommendations and a Few Predictions. 1.9. References. 2. The Infamous 2000 Election. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. Analysis: Looking Back. 2.3. Data Quality. 2.4. Summary Observations. 3. 2004: Fraudulent Election? 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The Great Election Debate. 3.3. Confidentiality-Another Side of the Controversy. 3.4. Further Research. 3.5. Summary Observations. 4. Mid-Term Elections: 2006. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Pre-Election Polls. 4.3. Referenda on the Ballot. 4.4. Summary Observations. 5. Globe-Trotting Consultant. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. A Historical Look at Exit Polls From a Mexican Perspective. 5.3. Muslim Opinions on Political Reform. 5.4. A Mexican Case Study. 5.5. Pre-Election Polling in Nagano, Japan. 5.6. Swedish Public Opinion Polls. 5.7. Election Polling In Canada. 5.8. Summary Observations. 6. Looking Ahead: Recommendations for 2008 and Beyond. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Recommendations for the Future. 6.3. Some Recent Research. 6.4. Guidelines for Quality Polling. 6.5. Next Steps. 6.6. Summary Observations. 7. Technical Appendix. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Statistical Methods for Papers in This Volume. 7.3. Appendix: Survey Questions. 7.4. Additional Methodological Papers. 7.5. Summary Observations. Author Index. Index.

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Book SynopsisBased on the multifaceted Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition, this concise book outlines the statistical concepts and techniques for application that are essential for understanding data gathered from modern research in the social and behavioral sciences.Table of ContentsPreface v Contributors vii 1. Actuarial Science 1 2. Causation-I 6 3. Causation-II 9 4. Census 25 5. Correlation 32 6. Current Population Survey 46 7. Data Masking for Disclosure Avoidance 56 8. Divisia Indices 66 9. Econometrics 69 10. Educational Statistics 81 11. Electron Forecasting in the United Kingdom 88 12. Electron Projections 93 13. Employment Cost Index 97 14. Evolution of Current Population Survey 105 15. Federal Statistics 119 16. Fertility Measurement 128 17. Graduation 134 18. Human Capital 141 19. Dagum System of Income and Wealth Distributions 156 20. Income Distribution Models 174 21. Income Inequality Measures 186 22. Indexes: Affluence, Poverty, and Quality of Life 210 23. Index of Industrial Production 215 24. Infant Morality 220 25. Labor Statistics 223 26. Life Tables 228 27. Literature and Statistics-I 232 28. Literature and Statistics-II 238 29. Mathematical Theory of Population 242 30. Medico-Actuarial Investigations 249 31. Migration 255 32. Music, Probability, and Statistics 259 33. Numeracy 263 34. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 271 35. Population Growth Models 277 36. Population Projection 285 37. Probabilistic Voting Models 289 38. Productivity Measurement 296 39. Public Opinion Polls 302 40. Purchasing Power Parity 308 41. Psychological Decision Making 313 42. Sabermetrics 319 43. Social Security Statistics 324 44. Social Statistics 329 45. Sociometry 335 46. Scoring Systems in Sports 339 47. Statistical Aspects of Television Viewing 343 48. Statistical Methods in Psychophysics 348 49. Statistics and Religious Studies 353 50. Statistics in Agriculture Production 357 51. Statistics in Archaeology-I 373 52. Statistics in Archaeology-II 378 53. Statistics in Childhood Obesity 385 54. Statistics in Historical Studies 400 55. Statistics in Gambling 407 56. Statistics in Law 411 57. Statistics in Linguistics 421 58. Statistics in Musicology 429 59. Statistics in Political Science 437 60. Statistics in Psychology 446 61. Statistics in Sociology 453 62. Statistics in Sports 461 63. Stochastic Demography 467 64. The Theory and Practice of Index Numbers 480 65. Transferable Vote System for Elections 505 66. Uncertainty in Economics 508 67. U.S. Bureau of the Census 515 68. Utility Theory 531 69. Utilization Analysis 539 70. Vital Statistics 544 71. Whittaker-Henderson Graduation Formulas 549 Index 553

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Book SynopsisIn this collection of essays, historians discuss the applications of evolutionary theory to cultural, social, economic and political phenomena. Contributors include anthropologist Donald Brown, archaeologist Albert Naccache and demographer Noel Bonneuil.Table of ContentsChapter 1 An Interdisciplinary Paradigm Shift Chapter 2 History and the Scientific World View Chapter 3 A Brief History of Evolution Chapter 4 Evolving toward History Chapter 5 Human Nature and History Chapter 6 Evolutionary Theory and Group Selection: The Question of Warfare Chapter 7 Evolutionary Theory of History Chapter 8 Darwinizing History: The Evolution of Power in Russia Chapter 9 On the Role of Mathematical Biology in Contemporary Historiography Chapter 10 History, Differential Inclusions, and Narrative Chapter 11 Does Culture Evolve? Chapter 12 On the Problem of Laws in Nature and History: A Comparison

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Book SynopsisDrawing on interviews with more than 220 residents from ten communities in five Appalachian counties, Power and Place gives voice to rural citizens whose place at the table is far from assured with regard to critical energy, environmental, and infrastructure decisions.Table of ContentsThe Place of Power The Loss Using Place to Establish Identity Using Land to Make a Living and a Life Using Place to Create and Maintain Historical Continuity Using Place to Build and Maintain Living Community Using Place to Teach Culture's Ways Using Place to Confront Threats to the Environment and Culture The Culture Wars, Anthropology, and the Law Culture Wars Continued Cultural Conservation and Cultural Confrontations Culture War Strategies Conclusion Acknowledgements Notes References

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Book SynopsisThis issue introduces a new framework for thinking about research from the standpoint of usable knowledge. Impact Validity is the extent to which research has the potential to play a role in social and political change or is useful as a tool for advocacy or activism. A series of articles have been collected for this issue that exemplify the intersection of science, activism / advocacy, and social change. These articles highlight the ways in which others have strategically grounded their research in the advocacy needs of the social/political issue they are trying to influence, and the various decisions throughout the research process that have had a bearing on its potential to be useful in addressing social problems. These decisions, which rarely receive systematic attention, take central stage.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Introducing “Impact Validity” Sean G. Massey and Ricardo E. Barreras 615 SECTION I: ADVOCACY AND GOOD SCIENCE ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE Application of Empirical Research Findings in Public Health Advocacy: Focus on Maternal, Child, and Reproductive Health Diana Romero, Amy Kwan, and Wendy Chavkin 633 Pathways Housing First for Homeless Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities: Program Innovation, Research, and Advocacy Ronni Michelle Greenwood, Ana Stefancic, and Sam Tsemberis 645 Public Engagement, Knowledge Transfer, and Impact Validity Gareth Hagger-Johnson, Peter Hegarty, Meg Barker, and Christina Richards 664 SECTION II: IMPACT IS MORE THAN GOOD DATA Advocacy Research in Harm Reduction Drug Policies Ernest Drucker 684 New York City’s Struggle over Syringe Exchange: A Case Study of the Intersection of Science, Activism, and Political Change Ricardo E. Barreras and Rafael A. Torruella 694 Researching the War on Terror in Swat Valley, Pakistan: Grapplings with the Impact on Communities and the Transnational Knowledge Industry Lubna N. Chaudhry 713 SECTION III: KNOWLEDGE USE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT An Approach to Scholarly Impact through Strategic Engagement in Community-Based Research 734 Paul W. Speer and Brian D. Christens Memoscopio: Producing Usable and Collectively Owned Knowledge About the World March for Peace and Nonviolence Carolina Munoz Proto, Antonia Devoto Lyon, Carolina Villar Castillo, and Marco Battistella 754 How Much Punishment is Enough? Designing Participatory Research on Parole Policies for Persons Convicted of Violent Crimes Carla Marquez-Lewis, Michelle Fine, Kathy Boudin, William E. Waters, Mika’il DeVeaux, Felipe Vargas, Cheryl “Missy” Wilkins, Migdalia Martinez, Michael G. Pass, and Sharon White-Harrigan 771 SECTION IV: COMMENTARY Impact Validity: A Politics of Possibilities Damien W. Riggs 707

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Book SynopsisA Guide to Teaching Statistics: Innovations and Best Practices addresses the critical aspects of teaching statistics to undergraduate students, acting as an invaluable tool for both novice and seasoned teachers of statistics. Guidance on textbook selection, syllabus construction, and course outline Classroom exercises, computer applications, and Internet resources designed to promote active learning Tips for incorporating real data into course content Recommendations on integrating ethics and diversity topics into statistics education Strategies to assess student''s statistical literacy, thinking, and reasoning skills Additional material online at www.teachstats.org Trade Review"In the book the reader will not find a collection of statistical tables or formulae but a rich collection of references on teaching of statistics in several fields, e.g. psychology, social sciences, health sciences, education." (Zentralblatt MATH, 2010) Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface xiii Preface xvii Part I Course Preparation 1 1 Teaching Statistics: A Beginning 3 So Why Teach Statistics? 5 Historical Pedagogical Controversies 7 Who should teach statistics? 7 Statistics labs and related technology 8 Content of statistics courses 10 Statistics in Relation to the Discipline 11 Sequence of the Class and Topics 12 Introducing Research Methods within the Context of Statistics 16 Student Populations 17 Mathematical ability 17 Cognitive ability and learning styles 19 Self-efficacy and motivation 20 Gender 22 Helping Your Students Survive Statistics 23 Conclusion 25 2 Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Statistics 27 Syllabus Construction 28 Textbook Selection 30 Conceptual orientation 31 Level of difficulty 33 Chapter topics and organization 34 Core formulas and vocabulary 35 Type of data sets/quality of the exercises 36 Traditional Versus Electronic Textbooks 37 Supplemental Materials 38 Study guides 39 Companion Web sites 39 Computer tutorials 40 Electronic Discussion Boards 42 Multimedia Tools 44 Presentation technology 45 Interactive applications: Java applets, Flash, Shockwave, and HTML 46 Multimedia simulation programs 48 Conclusion 49 Part II Theoretical and Pedagogical Concerns 51 3 Educational Reform in Statistics 53 Educational Reform 54 Statistically Educated Students 56 Statistical Literacy 59 Knowledge elements 60 Dispositional elements 62 Statistical Thinking 63 Statistical Reasoning 66 Misconceptions Impacting the Development of Literacy, Thinking, and Reasoning 70 Final Thoughts on Statistical Literacy, Thinking, and Reasoning 72 Assessment 73 What is the role of assessment? 73 What is the role of authentic assessment? 74 Assessment and learning outcomes or goals 75 Conclusion 77 4 In the Classroom 79 Conceptual Learning, Active Learning, and Real Data 80 Conceptual learning versus rote memorization 80 Active learning 82 Real data 83 Instructional Techniques 84 Lecture 85 The use of questions 86 Practice problems and examples 87 Journal assignments 88 Activities and demonstrations 89 Writing assignments 90 Concept maps 93 Cooperative learning 94 Projects 95 Assessment 97 Principles of effective assessment 97 Mastery learning 98 Confronting Fear and Anxiety 99 Conclusion 101 Part III Teaching Specific Statistical Concepts 103 5 Descriptive Statistics and Bivariate Distributions 105 Graphing Data 106 The use of graphs in science 107 Elements of good design 108 Human graphical perception 109 Available graphing methods 110 Software design 111 Normal Distribution 112 Measures of Central Tendency 114 Measures of Variability 117 Correlation 119 Simple Linear Regression 122 Computer Applications 125 Conclusion 127 6 Teaching Hypothesis Testing 129 Samples, Sampling Distributions, and the Central Limit Theorem 131 Confidence Intervals 133 Introduction to Null Hypothesis Testing 135 Additional Introduction to Hypothesis Testing Concepts 138 Power 138 Effect sizes 140 Type I and Type II errors 141 Analysis of Variance 142 Introduction to ANOVA 142 Violating ANOVA assumptions 143 Factorial ANOVA 144 General linear model 145 The Debate Surrounding Null Hypothesis Significance Testing 146 Nonparametric Statistics 146 Computer Applications 149 Conclusion 151 Part IV Advanced Topics and Approaches 153 7 Data Analysis in Statistical Education 155 Teaching with Statistical Software Tools 156 Data Analysis Packages 158 SPSS 158 Microsoft Excel 160 Other commercial data analysis programs 162 Comparing data analysis programs 163 Data Analysis Software Textbooks 165 Using Data Sets in the Classroom 166 Artificial data sets for the classroom 167 Reality-based data sets 168 Finding appropriate reality-based data sets 169 Drawbacks to using real data sets 174 Conclusion 176 8 Endings and Beginnings 179 Multivariate Statistics 180 Multiple regression 182 Logistic regression 184 Additional multivariate techniques 185 Special Topics 186 Ethics 187 Diversity 190 Online Statistical Education 193 Finishing up Any Statistics Course 195 Final Thoughts 198 References 201 Index 248

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Book SynopsisFeaturing a unique pedagogical framework, Social Research Methods: Sociology in Action provides all the elements required to create an active learning experience for this course. Modeled after the other volumes in SAGE′s "Sociology in Action" series, this innovative new text combines hands-on work, application, and learning-by-example. It features a diverse group of expert contributing authors who also practice active learning in their own classrooms. Each chapter discusses one aspect of conducting quantitative or qualitative research and pairs that foundational coverage with carefully-developed learning activities and thought-provoking questions that prompt students to practice and apply their new research skills. The comprehensive Activity Guide that accompanies the text will help you carry out and assess the activities that best engage your students, fit the mode of instruction you choose, and meet your course goals. In the spirit of the "Sociology in Action" theme, the text concludes with two unique chapters on how social researchers interact with their surrounding communities and help bring about social change and social justice. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Making the Case for Sociological Knowledge - Kristin Kenneavy Chapter 2. Posing Questions, Crafting Explanations, and Communicating Results - Mellisa Holtzman Chapter 3. Characterizing the Dimensions of Social Research - Emily McKendry-Smith, Anne Kristen Hunter Chapter 4. Contemplating the Ethical Dilemmas of Social Research - Steve Gunkel Chapter 5. Selecting Observations - Jennifer A. Strangfeld Chapter 6. Authenticating Concepts and Measures - Kimberly Tauches Chapter 7. Causality and the Role of Experimental Designs - R. Saylor Breckenridge Chapter 8. Surveying the Social Landscape - William Scarborough Chapter 9. Watching, Talking and Listening - Kathleen (Casey) Oberlin Chapter 10. Collecting What’s Already There: Content Analysis and some Related Methods - Edward L. Kain Chapter 11. Mixed Methods Research - Maura Kelly Chapter 12. Quantitative Analysis - Catherine E. Harnois Chapter 13. Coding Qualitative Data: Revealing Patterns in Words and Images - Krista McQueeney Chapter 14. Evaluation Research: Applying Data to Problems - Sara Haviland, Heather McKay Chapter 15. Telling the Story: Interacting with the Communities You Study - Heather Parrott Chapter 16. Changing the Game: Using Research to Promote Social Justice - Adam Saltsman

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