Hands-on Sociology,9780205428465

Hands-on Sociology

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780205428465
ISBN10: 0205428460
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-21
Publisher(s): Pearson
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Summary

This combination text/workbook teaches beginning sociology students how they can use statistical measures and archival data to test hypotheses about the social world.

Author Biography

"Hands-On Sociology" won the 2005 ICPSR Prize Competition: Best Instructional Module or Instructional Innovation in the Social Sciences and Social Science History. "Hands-On Sociology" won for its outstanding contribution to instruction in the quantitative social sciences.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
List of Electronic Resources
xiv
Fundamentals of Sociological Analysis with Archival Survey Data
1(16)
Summary
15(2)
Using SDA at Home or in Campus Computer Labs
17(18)
Introduction
17(1)
Using the Labs or Your Own Computer
17(3)
Using the SDA Statistical Analysis Software at Their Website
20(2)
Generating Frequency Distributions
22(4)
Testing Hypotheses by Crosstabular Analysis
26(7)
SDA Shortcuts, Printing, and Saving SDA Output Files
33(1)
Summary
34(1)
Getting Started: Analyzing the Correlates of Abortion Attitudes
35(27)
Gender and Attitudes Toward Abortion
38(3)
Economic Factors in Determining Attitudes Toward Abortion
41(4)
Religion and Attitudes Toward Abortion
45(3)
Educational Attainment and Careers and Attitudes Toward Abortion
48(4)
Age and Attitudes Toward Abortion
52(4)
Changes in Attitude Toward Abortion Over Time
56(1)
Summary
57(1)
Essay Questions
58(1)
Chapter Project
59(1)
Syntax Guide
60(2)
Culture and Ethnic Diversity
62(12)
Essay Questions
72(1)
Chapter Project
72(1)
References
73(1)
Syntax Guide
73(1)
Urbanization and Suburbanization
74(13)
Essay Questions
84(1)
Chapter Project
85(1)
Syntax Guide
85(2)
Finer Points of Crosstabular Analyses
87(15)
Summary
101(1)
Socialization
102(16)
Essay Questions
114(1)
Chapter Project
115(1)
Syntax Guide
116(2)
Social Stratification and Social Mobility
118(16)
Social Class and Stratification
118(1)
Income
119(4)
Occupational Prestige
123(3)
Social Class and Lifestyles
126(4)
Essay Questions
130(1)
Chapter Project
131(1)
References
131(1)
Syntax Guide
131(3)
Minority/Majority Relations
134(13)
Essay Questions
143(1)
Chapter Project
144(1)
Syntax Guide
145(2)
Marriage and Family in the United States
147(16)
Essay Questions
160(1)
Chapter Project
161(1)
Syntax Guide
161(2)
Aspects of U.S. Political Life
163(13)
Essay Questions
173(1)
Chapter Project
174(1)
Syntax Guide
174(2)
Crime and Violence: Serious U.S. Social Problems
176(14)
Essay Questions
187(1)
Chapter Project
188(1)
Syntax Guide
188(2)
Youth Problems
190(17)
Essay Questions
203(1)
Chapter Project
204(1)
Syntax Guide
204(3)
Population
207(11)
Essay Questions
215(1)
Chapter Project
216(1)
Syntax Guide
216(2)
Dealing with Continuous Data and Still More Complex Data Analysis Problems
218(30)
Tests of Means: One-Way Anova Tests
220(3)
Simple Correlational Analysis
223(9)
Multiple Regression Analysis
232(10)
Logistic Regression
242(6)
Multiple and Logistic Regression
248(9)
Essay Questions
256(1)
Chapter Project
256(1)
Syntax Guide
257

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