Contextual Analysis

1. Auflage 1991
ISBN: 978-0-8039-4272-1
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 81, 84 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 128 g

Reihe: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences

Contextual analysis, the study of the role of the group context on actions and attitudes of individuals, is a useful technique in the study of education, neighborhoods, census tracts, election districts, and the family. However, the effective use of contextual analysis has involved overcoming a number of issues, such as group boundaries, the mobility of the individuals within a group, overlapping groups, missing individual data, and the choice of statistical models. Contextual Analysis offers researchers a guide for selecting the best model to use. Written in a straightforward style, the book explores such topics as contextual analysis with absolute effects, with relative effects, and the choice between regression coefficients as fixed parameters or as random variables.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iversen, Gudmund R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Contingency Tables
Contextual Analysis with Absolute Effects
Contextual Analysis with Relative Effects
Examples of Absolute and Relative Data
Centering
Other Approaches