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Analyzing inequalities : an introduction to race, class, gender, and sexuality using the general social survey / Catherine E. Harnois, Wake Forest University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harnois, Catherine E., author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social surveys--United States--Evaluation.
- Social surveys.
- Equality--United States--Statistics.
- Equality.
- Social indicators--United States.
- Social indicators.
- Social sciences--Research--Methodology.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 215 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : SAGE, [2018]
- Summary:
- KEY FEATURES: . Designed to be used in a range of 100-level and 200-level courses, including introductory sociology, social problems, and courses that focus on race, class, gender, or sexuality. . Introduces students to basic analytic techniques in the social sciences, such as frequency distributions, cross-tabulations, and comparisons of means. . No software purchase required-all exercises are carried out on the open-access Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) website. . Screen captures from the SDA website, and careful step-by-step instructions, are provided to help students with no previous data analysis experience. . Early chapters focus on single categories of difference and inequality; later chapters examine how these factors intersect within the domains of family, education, and work. . Multiple choice questions and open-ended exercises at the end of each chapter test mastery of the material and give students opportunities to extend their analyses to other questions.
- Contents:
- chapter 1. An introduction to analyzing inequalities
- chapter 2. Understanding data: critical concepts
- chapter 3. Analyzing gender with the GSS
- chapter 4. Analyzing race and ethnicity with the GSS
- chapter 5. Analyzing class with the GSS
- chapter 6. Analyzing sexuality with the GSS
- chapter 7. Analyzing inequalities in families
- chapter 8. Analyzing inequalities in education
- chapter 9. Analyzing inequalities in the economy and at work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781544357218
- 1544357214
- 9781506304137
- 1506304133
- 9781506304106
- 1506304109
- 9781506304120
- 1506304125
- OCLC:
- 1076485488
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