A telescope on society : survey research and social science at the University of Michigan and beyond / / James S. House ... [et al.], editors ; with a foreword by David L. Featherman
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| Titolo: |
A telescope on society : survey research and social science at the University of Michigan and beyond / / James S. House ... [et al.], editors ; with a foreword by David L. Featherman
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (519 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 300/.7/23 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social surveys - United States - History |
| Altri autori: |
HouseJames S. <1944->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Foreword / David L. Featherman""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. The Development and Contribution of Survey Research as a Scientific Instrument and Social Institution / James S. House, Eleanor Singer, Robert L. Kahn, Howard Schuman, and F. Thomas Juster""; ""2. Survey Methodology / Robert M. Groves and Eleanor Singer, with James M. Lepkowski, Steven G. Heeringa, and Duane F. Alwin""; ""Part 1. Political Behavior and Systems""; ""Introduction / William Zimmerman""; ""3. Voting and Electoral Behavior / Philip E. Converse and Donald R. Kinder"" |
| ""4. Survey Research and Political Socialization / M. Kent Jennings""""Part 2. The Behavioral Study of Economics""; ""Introduction / F. Thomas Juster""; ""5. Psychology and Macroeconomics / Richard T. Curtin""; ""6. Evolution and Change in Family Income, Wealth, and Health: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1968�2000 and Beyond / Greg J. Duncan, Sandra L. Hofferth, and Frank P. Stafford""; ""Part 3. From the Study of Organizations to the Study of Health""; ""Introduction / Robert L. Kahn""; ""7. Survey Research in the Study of Organizations / Robert L. Kahn"" | |
| ""8. Understanding and Improving the Mental Health of Populations / Richard H. Price""""9. The Psychosocial Nature of Physical Health / James S. House and George A. Kaplan""; ""Part 4. Developments in the Study of Family and the Life Course""; ""Introduction / Duane F. Alwin""; ""10. The Social Demography of Fertility: Some Contributions of American Surveys / Arland Thornton and William G. Axinn""; ""11. Studying the Transition from Youth to Adulthood: Impacts on Substance Use and Abuse / Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman, Lloyd D. Johnston, and John Schulenberg"" | |
| ""12. Research on Aging / A. Regula Herzog, Robert J. Willis, and David R. Weir""""Part 5. Surveying the Subtleties and Complexities of Race""; ""Introduction / Maria Krysan""; ""13. Racial Attitudes: Developments and Divisions in Survey Research / Donald R. Kinder and Howard Schuman""; ""14. Surveying the Black American Population / James S. Jackson and David R. Williams""; ""15. Survey Research and Social Science: Retrospect and Prospect / James S. House, Eleanor Singer, Robert L. Kahn, Howard Schuman, and F. Thomas Juster""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""Illustrations"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Maps the development of social science in the twentieth century through the instrument of survey research. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A telescope on society |
| ISBN: | 1-280-99790-7 |
| 9786613769510 | |
| 0-472-02381-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826627603321 |
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