Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Using the General Social Survey - Softcover

Harnois, Catherine E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506304117 ISBN 13: 9781506304113

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017

Synopsis

Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Using the General Social Survey by Catherine E. Harnois is a practical resource for helping students connect sociological issues with real-world data in the context of their first undergraduate sociology courses.  This worktext introduces readers  to the GSS, one of the most widely analyzed surveys in the U.S.; examines a range of GSS questions related to social inequalities; and demonstrates basic techniques for analyzing this data online.  No special software is required–the exercises can be completed using the Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) website at the University of California-Berkeley which is easy to navigate and master.  Students will come away with a better understanding of social science research, and will be better positioned to ask and answer the sociological questions that most interest them.

 

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About the Author

Catherine E. Harnois is Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Wake Forest University, where she teaches courses on social inequality and research methods.  Her work on the intersection of gender and racial discrimination received the 2012 Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Article Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Race, Gender, and Class. Her research has appeared in the journals Gender & Society, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sociological Forum, Social Psychology Quarterly, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and the National Women’s Studies Association Journal, in addition to other scholarly outlets. 

Review

"This is an engaging, clear and well-organized introduction to the use of large data sets to analyze stratification and gender." Author: Thomas Piñeros Shields Published On: 2016-03-17

"[It] include[s] basic research analysis principles and very good examples and applications [and] also manages to provide critical and progressive conceptual perspectives." Author: Julia Nevarez Published On: 2016-03-09

"Grounding sociological theory in real-world examples using real sociological data is an absolutely important aspect of undergraduate exposure to the scientific method and sociological analysis."

Author: Lorien Lake-Corral Published On: 2016-03-11

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1506304117
• ISBN 13: 9781506304113
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232