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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

House, James S., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social surveys--United States--History.

Social surveys.

University of Michigan. Survey Research Center--History.

University of Michigan.

University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (519 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maps the development of social science in the twentieth century through the instrument of survey research.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-99790-7

9786613769510

0-472-02381-0