A telescope on society
Subtitle: survey research and social science at the University of Michigan and beyond
By: James S. House ... [et al.], editors ; with a foreword by David L. Featherman
Contributors: House, James S., 1944-
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
Subjects: University of Michigan. -- Survey Research Center -- History; University of Michigan. -- Institute for Social Research -- History; Social surveys -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The development and contribution of survey research as a scientific instrument and social institution / James S. House ... [et al.]; title: Survey methodology / Robert M. Groves ... [et al.]; title: Voting and electoral behavior / Philip E. Converse and Donald R. Kinder; title: Survey research and political socialization / M. Kent Jennings; title: Psychology and macroeconomics / Richard T. Curtin; title: Evolution and change in family income, wealth, and health / Greg J. Duncan, Sandra L. Hofferth, and Frank P. Stafford; title: Survey research in the study of organizations / Robert L. Kahn; title: Understanding and improving the mental health of populations / Richard H. Price; title: The psychosocial nature of physical health / James S. House and George A. Kaplan; title: The social demography of fertility / Arland Thornton and William G. Axinn; title: Studying the transition from youth to adulthood / Patrick M. O'Malley ... [et al.]; title: Racial attitudes / Donald R. Kinder and Howard Schuman; title: Surveying the black American population / James S. Jackson and David R. Williams; title: Survey research and social science / James S. House ... [et al.]