Theory-Based Data Analysis for the Social Sciences (Undergraduate Research Methods and Statistics (Hardcover))

Carol S. Aneshensel

ISBN 10: 1412994357 / ISBN 13: 9781412994354

Published by SAGE Publications, Inc 2012-12-11, 2012

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Title: Theory-Based Data Analysis for the Social ...

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc 2012-12-11

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Edition: 2nd Edition

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Synopsis:

This book presents the elaboration model for the multivariate analysis of observational quantitative data. This model entails the systematic introduction of "third variables" to the analysis of a focal relationship between one independent and one dependen

About the Author:

Carol S. Aneshensel is a sociologist (Ph.D., Cornell University) and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in the fields of the sociology of mental health and medical sociology, with an emphasis on the social origins of stress and its impact on depression. She has been Principal Investigator for numerous studies funded by the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Mental Health. She has published more than 75 peer-review journal articles and several books, including her work as lead editor of the Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health, Second Edition (Springer, 2012). She has received awards for distinguished contributions from the Sociology of Mental Health and Medical Sociology sections of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Theory-Based Data Analysis for the Social Sciences received Honorable Mention for Best Publication in 2003 from the Sociology of Mental Health section, ASA.