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Dependent and dynamic processes
The burden of mental illness / Evelyn J. Bromet and Ezra Susser — The arc of epidemiology / Ezra Susser and Alfredo Morabia — Searching for the causes of mental disorders / Ezra Susser … [et al.] — What is a cause? / Sharon Schwartz and Ezra Susser — Detecting causes / Sharon Schwartz and… Continue reading Dependent and dynamic processes
The complexity of racial attitudes in America
Origins and destinies : immigration, race, and ethnicity in American history /; Silvia Pedraza –; Origins and destinies : immigration, race, and ethnicity in contemporary America /; Rubén G. Rumbaut –; North American Indians and the demography of contact /; Russell Thornton –; From sundown to sunup : slavery and the making of the Black… Continue reading The complexity of racial attitudes in America
Questions and answers in attitude surveys : experiments on question form, wording, and context
The perils of correlation, the lure of labels and the beauty of negative results
Race in American politics : framing the debates /; David O. Sears … [et al.] –; Individualism reconsidered : principles and prejudice in contemporary American opinion /; Donald R. Kinder and Tali Mendelberg –; Egalitarian values and contemporary racial politics /; David O. Sears, P.J. Henry, and Rick Kosterman –; Significance of racial context /;… Continue reading The perils of correlation, the lure of labels and the beauty of negative results
Method and meaning in polls and surveys
“Howard Schuman is one of the premier scholars of social surveys. His expertise concerns the way questions about attitudes and beliefs are worded and the effects questions have on the answers people give. However, Method and Meaning in Polls and Surveys is less about the substance of wording effects and more about approaches to interpreting… Continue reading Method and meaning in polls and surveys
At what price? : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes
Machine generated contents note: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — A COGI Versus a COLI, 2 — The Scope or Domain of the Index, 3 — Aggregation, 4 — Accounting for Substitution Behavior, 5 — Quality Change, 6 — New Goods, 7 — Outlets, 8 — Pricing Medical Care, 9 — Index Design and Index Purpose, 10 —… Continue reading At what price? : conceptualizing and measuring cost-of-living and price indexes