Methods for Macrosociological Research

Strategies of analysis for macrosociological data have long relied on questionable methodology which sacrifices information in exchange for summary measures. This book provides the means to handle distributions and compositional data without forfeiting the information from which they derive. It features illustrations, a summary and bibliography.

List of contents

Introduction. Comparative Analysis of Distributions, Compositions, and Vectors: Distributions with Unordered Categories. Distributions with Ordered Categories and Vectors with Ordered Elements. Ordinal Analysis of Distributions (Vectors). Relational Nature of Social Life: Networks. The Input-Output Framework. An Application of the Input-Output Model. A Look at Parts: Education as a Component of a Larger Social System. Households as Study Objects. Postscript. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.

Summary

Strategies of analysis for macrosociological data have long relied on questionable methodology which sacrifices information in exchange for summary measures. This book provides the means to handle distributions and compositional data without forfeiting the information from which they derive. It features illustrations, a summary and bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Krishnan Namboodiri, N. Krishnan Namboodiri
• Publisher: Academic Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1994
• EAN: 9780125133456
• ISBN: 978-0-12-513345-6
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 599 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories