Sociological Methodology, Volume 30, 2000,

by Editor: Mark P. Becker (University of Minnesota)

• ISBN13: 9780631221487
• ISBN10: 0631221484
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Reviewers	v
Contributors	ix
Information for Authors	xi
In This Volume	xiii
Regression Analysis of Multivariate Binary Response Variables Using Rasch-Type Models and Finite-Mixture Methods	1	(26)
Gerhard Arminger
Clifford C. Clogg
Tzuwei Cheng
Random-Effects Modeling of Categorical Response Data	27	(54)
Alan Agresti
James G. Booth
James P. Hobert
Brian Caffo
Log-Multiplicative Association Models as Latent Variable Models for Nominal and/or Ordinal Data	81	(42)
Carolyn J. Anderson
Jeroen K. Vermunt
Algebraic Representations of Beliefs and Attitudes II: Microbelief Models for Dichotomous Belief Data	123	(42)
John Levi Martin
James A. Wiley
Three Likelihood-based Methods for Mean and Covariance Structure Analysis with Nonnormal Missing Data	165	(36)
Ke-Hai Yuan
Peter M. Bentler
Discrete-Time Multilevel Hazard Analysis	201	(36)
Jennifer S. Barber
Susan A. Murphy
William G. Axinn
Jerry Maples
Systemic Patterns of Zero Exposures in Event-History Analysis	237	(24)
Jan M. Hoem
The Self as a Fuzzy Set of Roles, Role Theory as a Fuzzy System	261
James D. Montgomery