The Language of Social Research: A Reader in the Methodology of Social Resarch

Contents-An Overview......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
General Introduction......Page 17
SECTION I Concepts and Indices......Page 29
Introduction......Page 31
1. TYPES OF INTEGRATION AND THEIR MEASUREMENT......Page 35
2. THE RATIONALE OF THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE MEASUREMENT......Page 44
3. OBJECTIVE INDICATORS OF SUBJECTIVE VARIABLES......Page 51
4. A REVIEW OF INDICATORS USED IN "THE AMERICAN SOLDIER"......Page 53
5. THE CONCEPT OF PROPERTY-SPACE IN SOCIAL RESEARCH......Page 56
6. A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CLASSIFICATIONOF ATROCITY STORIES......Page 70
7. THE COMPUTATION OF INDEXES OF MORAL INTEGRATION......Page 74
8. INDICES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLNESS......Page 79
9. A COMPARISON OF THREE MEASURES OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS......Page 82
10. THE INTERCHANGEABILITY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICES......Page 89
11 . A BASELINE FOR MEASUREMENT OF PERCENTAGE CHANGE......Page 93
12. SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF QUESTIONNAIRE CLASSIFICATION......Page 99
13. THE EFFECT OF MILITARY RANK ON VARIOUS TYPES OF ATTITUDES......Page 109
14. THE AFFINITY OF OCCUPATION AND SUBJECT MATTER AMONG ADULT EDUCATION STUDENTS......Page 116
SECTION II Multivariate Analysis......Page 125
Introduction......Page 127
1. INTERPRETATION OF STATISTICAL RELATIONS AS A RESEARCH OPERATION
......Page 131
2. OPINION FORMATION IN A CRISIS SITUATION......Page 141
3. WHO WERE THE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ARMY'S PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES?......Page 157
4. THE INTERPLAY OF DEMOGRAPHIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLESIN THE ANALYSIS OF VOTING SURVEYS......Page 164
5. POLITICAL INTEREST AND VOTING BEHA
VIOR......Page 171
6. FAITH IN PEOPLE AND SUCCESS-ORIENTATION......Page 174
7. THE EFFECT OF COLLEGE EXPERIENCE ON SUBSEQUENT EARNING CAPACITY......Page 178
8. THE TWO PURPOSES OF DEVIANT CASE ANALYSIS......Page 183
9. DEFINITIONS OF A SITUATION......Page 186
10. THE PREDICTION OF PERSONAL ADJUSTMENT AND INDIVIDUAL CASES......Page 189
11 . THE INFLUENCE OF THE NORTHERN ENVIRONMENT ON THE INTELLIGENCE TEST SCORES OF NEGROES......Page 191
12. EFFECT OF INCOME CHANGES ON THE RATE OF SAVING......Page 200
13 . "FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS"-THE A PPEAL OF LOCALISM IN VOTING BEHA
VIOR......Page 210
SECTION III The A nalysis of Change Through Time......Page 217
Introduction......Page 219
1. THE IMPACT OF THE HARVEST ON POPULATION CHANGE......Page 222
2. SOCIAL OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM IN AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM......Page 229
3. PUBLIC OPINION AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS......Page 233
4. THE EFFECTS OF RADIO UPON NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION......Page 244
5. THE PROCESS OF OPINION AND ATTlTUDE FORMATION......Page 247
6. SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE PANEL METHOD TO THE STUDY OF CHANGE......Page 258
7. FACTORS INFLUENCING CHANGE OF OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE......Page 266
8. THE PREDICTION OF SOLDIERS' RETURN TO PRE-WAR EMPLOYMENT......Page 276
9. THE PREDICTION OF ADJUSTMENT IN MARRIAGE......Page 284
10. GENERALIZING THE PROBLEM OF PREDICTION......Page 293
SECTION IV Formal Aspects of Research on Human Groups
......Page 301
Introduction......Page 303
1. THE RELATION BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CHARACTERISTICS IN "THE AMERICAN SOLDIER"......Page 306
2. TYPES OF GROUP CHARACTERISTICS......Page 313
3. THE USE OF A SOCIOMETRIC TEST AS A PREDICTOR OF COMBAT UNIT EFFECTIVENESS......Page 318
4. STATISTICAL RELATIONS AMONG COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS......Page 321
5. COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN TASK-ORIENTED GROUPS......Page 328
6. THE MEASUREMENT OF GROUP DIMENSIONS......Page 339
7. THE FOLK·URBAN CONTINUUM......Page 350
8. SOME UNIFORMITIES OF BEHAVIOR IN SMALL SOCIAL SYSTEMS......Page 361
9. MATRIX ANALYSIS OF GROUP STRUCTURES......Page 374
10. THE OPERATION OF GROUP STANDARDS......Page 383
SECTION V The Empirical Analysis of Action......Page 401
Introduction......Page 403
1. THE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER ACTIONS......Page 408
2. DO PEOPLE KNOW WHY THEY BUY?......Page 420
3. EVALUA TlNG THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVERTISINGBY DIRECT INTERVIEWS......Page 427
4. WHY DID PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE "INVASION FROM MARS"?......Page 436
5. A MODEL FOR ASSESSING CHANGES IN VOTING INTENTION......Page 444
6. A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT OF CAUSES OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS......Page 454
7. THE TECHNIQUE OF " DISCERNING"......Page 465
8. WHY FAMILIES MOVE......Page 473
9. THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY IN A LIFE HISTORY......Page 485
10. THE FOCUSED INTERVIEW
......Page 492
SECTION VI Toward A Philosophy of The Social Sciences......Page 509
Introduction......Page 511
1. A PARADIGM FOR THE STUDY OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 514
2. A GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDY OF LEADERSHIP......Page 527
3. ON THE STATEMENT "THE WHOLE IS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS"......Page 535
4. DEFINITION AND SPECIFICATION OF MEANING......Page 543
5. ON AXIOMATIC THEORIES IN SOCIOLOGY......Page 549
6. MALTHUS AND THE THEORY OF POPULATlON......Page 556
7. PSYCHO-CULTURAL HYPOTHESES ABOUT POLITICAL ACTS......Page 570
Notes
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