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(More customer reviews)This volume of Sociological Methodology touches on both long standing and more recent themes in social statistics. In the first chapter, Adrian Raftery discusses all of these themes, reviewing the analysis of cross-tabulations and statistical methods developed to analyze survey data on individuals. Turning to the future, he discusses the limitations of some current work and outlines developments important for the field in the coming years, such as social networks, the analysis of longitudinal network data, spatial statistics, and social interactions. Durlaf's outstanding and forward looking work on what is perhaps the most important issue in sociology, the interdependence between group and individual, proposes models that can be used to inform important sociological issues, such as whether to have child, to move, or how many years of education one seeks. The editors of this volume have taken exceptional care to be mindful of the needs and interests of readers of Sociological Methodology and offer here a very rich and rewarding spectrum of issues and perspectives.
CONTENTS
RAFTERY Statistics in Sociology, 1950 2000: A Selective Review
DURLAUF A Framework for the Study of Individual Behavior and Social Interactions (Discussion by Bowles, Tao and Winship, Dechter, and Durlauf)
GILULA AND HABERMAN Analysis of Categorical Response Profiles by Informative Summaries
GOODMAN AND HOUT Statistical Methods and Graphical Displays for Analyzing How the Association Between Two Qualitative Variables Differs Among Countries, Among Groups, or Over Time. Part II: Some Exploratory Techniques, Simple Models, and Simple Examples.
MAGIDSON AND VERMUNT Latent Class Factor and Cluster Models, Bi Plots and Related Graphical Displays
SCOTT AND HANDOCK Covariance Models for Latent Structure in Longitudinal Data
WHITE AND HARARY The Cohesiveness of Blocks in Social Networks: Connectivity and Conditional Density
SIJNDERS The Statistical Evaluation of Social Network Dynamics

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This annual volume, sponsored by the American Sociological Association, focuses on methods of research in the social sciences. Published to advance empirical research in sociology and related disciplines, Sociolgical Methodologyis a valuable aid to the understanding and use of methodologies, providing readers with the techniques and perspectives on research needed to strengthen sociological reasoning. Each volume is a crucial addition to social research libraries worldwide and an important record of the current state of methodology.

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