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9780631207924

Sociological Methodology, Volume 27,

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    9780631207924

  • ISBN10:

    0631207929

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Sociological Methodology is an annual volume on methods of research in the social sciences. Sponsored by the American Sociological Association its mission is to disseminate material that advances empirical research in sociology and related disciplines. Chapters represent original methodological contributions, expository statements on and illustrations of recently developed techniques, and critical discussions of research practice.Sociological Methodology Volume 27 focuses on advances in three currently active research areas: formal qualitative methods, socioeconomic indices, and event-history analysis. It also includes important contributions to the estimation of treatment effects and to longitudinal and multilevel modeling.

Table of Contents

Consultants v(6)
Contributors xi(2)
Information for Authors xiii(2)
In This Volume xv
FORMAL ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE DATA: A SYMPOSIUM 1(176)
1. The Niche Hiker's Guide to Population Ecology: A Logical Reconstruction of Organization Ecology's Niche Theory
1(46)
Gábor Péli
2. Sequence Comparison Via Alignment and Gibbs Sampling: A Formal Analysis of the Emergence of the Modern Sociological Article
47(42)
Andrew Abbott
Emily Barman
3. A Generic Semantic Grammar for Quantitative Text Analysis: Applications to East and West Berlin Radio News Content from 1979
89(88)
Carl W. Roberts
Discussion: Comment: The Importance of Order
131(4)
Kathleen M. Carley
Comment: On Ambiguity and Rhetoric in (Social) Science
135(10)
Roberto Franzosi
Comment: On Logical Formalization of Theories from Organizational Ecology
145(6)
Michael T. Hannan
Comment: Evaluating Qualitative Methodologies
151(8)
Edgar Kiser
Rejoinders: Reply: Intuition and the Formal Approaches
159(6)
Gábor Péli
Reply to Comments
165(4)
Andrew Abbott
Emily Barman
Reply: The Curse of Chauvin
169(8)
Carl W. Roberts
SOCIOECONOMIC INDICES 177(148)
4. Socioeconomic Indexes for Occupations: A Review, Update, and Critique
177(122)
Robert M. Hauser
John Robert Warren
5. A Dual-Source Indicator of Consumer Confidence
299(26)
Gordon G. Bechtel
ESTIMATING TREATMENT EFFECTS 325(30)
6. Matching with Multiple Controls to Estimate Treatment Effects in Observational Studies
325(30)
Herbert L. Smith
EVENT-HISTORY ANALYSIS 355(98)
7. The Neighborhood History Calendar: A Data Collection Method Designed for Dynamic Multilevel Modeling
355(38)
William G. Axinn
Jennifer S. Barber
Dirgha J. Ghimire
8. Adjusting for Attrition in Event-History Analysis
393(24)
Daniel H. Hill
9. Dynamic Discrete-time Duration Models: Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo
417(36)
Ludwig Fahrmeir
Leonhard Knorr-Held
LONGITUDINAL AND MULTILEVEL MODELING 453(28)
10. Latent Variable Modeling of Longitudinal and Multilevel Data
453(28)
Bengt Muthén
Name Index 481(8)
Subject Index 489

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