Better than Very Good, approaching Near Fine. See scans and description. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Social Statistics (McGraw-Hill Series in Sociology), by Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. ISBN 0070057524. Octavo, red cloth boards, white and yellow imprinting on cover and spine, table front endpapers, 639 pp. (xiv + 625). Very Good, plus some; approaching Near Fine. SLight spine lean, corners lightly touched, and a stray ink mark on dedication. See scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. LT29

Social Statistics

Politics & Social Sciences

BLALOCK, Hubert M.

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Causal models in the social sciences, (Methodological perspectives)

Aldine¨Atherton

Among the frustrations constantly confronting the social scientist are those associated with the general process of measurement. The importance of good measurement has long been recognized in principle, but it has often been neglected in practice in many of the social sciences. Now that the methodological tools of multivariate analysis, simultaneous-equation estimation, and causal modeling are diffused more widely into the social sciences, and now that the very serious implications of random and non-random measurement errors are being systematically investigated, it is all the more important that social scientists give top priority to the quality of their data and the clarity of their theoretical conceptualizations. The book is organized so that, one proceeds from problems of data collection to those of data analysis. It is not intended to be a complete work covering all types of measurement problems that have arisen in the social sciences. Instead, it represents a series of studies that are deemed to be crucial for the advancement of social science research but which have not received sufficient attention in most of the social sciences. The basic purpose is to stimulate further methodological research on measurement and to study the ways in which knowledge that has been accumulated in some fields may be generalized. Part I is concerned with applying scaling approaches developed in psychometrics to problems that arise in other social sciences. The focus is on finding better ways to ask questions of respondents so as to raise the level of measurement above that of simple ordinal scales. Part II focuses on multiple-indicator theory and strategies as applied to relatively complex models and to change data. In this section the emphasis shifts to how one analyzes fallible data through the construction of explicit measurement-error models. Part III deals with the statistical analysis of ordinal data, including the interpretation and empirical behaviors of various ordinal measures of association.

Measurement in the social sciences: Theories and strategies

Macmillan

SEE PHOTOS for Table of contents and tables... FROM BACK COVER: "In the methodology of research, the social scientist often finds him - or herself working in areas where no adequately defined principles of inference exist. Many statistical rules do not properly cover the kinds of situation with which social science deals, and actual practice frequently involves ad hoc types of inference... Blalock addresses himself to this need and offers an articulate and instructive study that will enable the social scientist to strengthen research methods..." FROM TITLE PAGE "The Norton imprint on a book means that in the publisher's estimation it is a book not for a single season but for the years." (W.W. Norton &amp; Company, Inc.)

Causal inferences in nonexperimental research, (The Norton library)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Norton

From the back cover: In response to the lack of systematic theory in the field of minority-group relations, Dr. Blalock has attempted to present general theoretical propositions based on empirical data in this area. Using power relationships as the integrating theoretical framework, he focuses primarily on competition, status, and economic factors that relate to discrimination. While most of the empirical data cited refer to the case of the Negro in the United States, propositions have been stated in such a way that they may be tested in connection with other minority groups. The book can be viewed as a "case study" of theory building in a substantive field that cuts across a number of social sciences, including sociology, psychology, anthropology, and political science. Therefore, considerable attention is given to the major methodological problems, the testability and evaluation of alternative theories, measurement, and nonlinear and nonadditive models. Because minority-group relations is a major social problem as well as an important theoretical question, an attempt is made to state practical implications on the basis of the theory.

Toward a Theory of Minority-group

wiley

This is the paperback edition of the classic Conceptualization and Measurement in the Social Sciences, first published in hardback in 1982. Blalock challenges social scientists to move beyond simple manipulation of numbers, for he believes that significant advances in methods are impossible without conceptual developments to give them meaning. He carefully describes the relationship between theory and method, examining central issues such as the generalizability and comparability of measurements, and the omission of important variables when analyzing data.

Conceptualization and Measurement in the Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

Why is social science divided into ever smaller subfields? Why do policy-makers rarely pay attention to social science knowledge? Why do social scientists speak with so little certainty about the causes and solutions to pressing human problems? In his provocative book, Hubert M Blalock Jr looks at some of the compelling questions surrounding social science today.

Basic Dilemmas in the Social Sciences

This is the paperback edition of the classic Conceptualization and Measurement in the Social Sciences, first published in hardback in 1982. Blalock challenges social scientists to move beyond simple manipulation of numbers, for he believes that significant advances in methods are impossible without conceptual developments to give them meaning. He carefully describes the relationship between theory and method, examining central issues such as the generalizability and comparability of measurements, and the omission of important variables when analyzing data.

Power and Conflict: Toward A General Theory (Violence, Cooperation, Peace)

In Power and Conflict the author defines social conflict as the `international mutual exchange of negative sanctions, or punitive behaviors, by two or more parties, which may be individuals, corporate actors, or more loosely knit quasi-groups.′ In building this general theory, Blalock discusses the generalities of a power framework, analyzes the ideology of conflict, defines the reactive and dynamic processes, and summarizes the various arguments by creating a general model of conflict.

Politics & Government

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Social Statistics

Causal models in the social sciences, (Methodological perspectives)

Measurement in the social sciences: Theories and strategies

Causal inferences in nonexperimental research, (The Norton library)

Toward a Theory of Minority-group

Conceptualization and Measurement in the Social Sciences

Basic Dilemmas in the Social Sciences

Conceptualization and Measurement in the Social Sciences

Power and Conflict: Toward A General Theory (Violence, Cooperation, Peace)

Power and Conflict: Toward A General Theory (Violence, Cooperation, Peace)