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Sociology as a population science / John H. Goldthorpe, Nuffield College, Oxford.
| Author/creator | Goldthorpe, John H. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| Description | ix, 168 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Sociology as a population science: the central idea -- Individual variability in human social life -- The individualistic paradigm -- Population regularities as basic explananda -- Statistics, concepts and the objects of sociological study -- Statistics and methods of data collection -- Statistics and methods of data analysis -- The limits of statistics: causal explanation -- Causal explanation through social mechanisms -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. |
| Abstract | Provides a new rationale for recent developments in sociology which focus on establishing and explaining probabilistic regularities in human populations. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-161) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Ebook version : 9781316435458 |
| LCCN | 2016301070 |
| ISBN | 9781107127838 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1107127831 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781107567313 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1107567319 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM585 .G653 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |