Advanced Statistics in Social Research Department of Sociology

Syllabus

Advanced Statistics in Social Research Department of Sociology

Fu-Jen University Fall, 2010

Course Description:

This is a course in multivariate statistical techniques, including a good overview and new topics introduction. The central issue is how to use quantitative information to obtain answers to theoretically derived questions. We will consider certain types of theoretical statements and learn how to use international and survey social data to get good estimates of theoretically important parameters.

Required Texts:

David Knoke, George W. Bohrnstedt and Alisa Potter Mee, Statistics for Social Data Analysis. 4E, 2002.

Ivy Lee and Minako Maykovich, Statistics: A Tool for Understanding Society. 1995

Graeme D. Hutcheson and Nick Sofroniou, The multivariate social scientist : introductory statistics using generalized linear models, 1999.

David Knoke and Peter J. Burke, Log-Linear Models, 1980

Richard Alba, “Interpreting the Parameters of Log-LinearModels”

Sociological Methods and Research 16(1987):45-77

Course Outline:

1. An Overview of Statistical Analysis/ Lee and Maykovich, ch 16 2. Multivariate Contingency Analysis/Knoke et al., ch 7

3. Multivariate Regression/ Lee and Maykovich, ch 15 Knoke et al., ch 8,9

a. Review of Fundamentals of Multiple Regression b. Theory and Model

Systematic and Stochastic Components

The Least Squares Procedure c. Ordinary Least Squares

Assumptions Statistical Properties Hypotheses Tests Panel Regression

Time-Series Regression d. Problems and Solutions

Index Construction Multi-collinearity

Non-linearity (Nonlinear Regression) Dummy Variables (Dummy Regression) Interaction Effects (Mixed Regression) Residual Analysis

4. An Overview of Causal Models and Path Analysis/Knoke et al., ch 11

Basic Assumptions Structural Equations

Fundamental Theorem and Its Applications Mis-specification

Path coefficients Formula Derivation

5. Logistic Regression/ Knoke et al.,ch 9; Hutcheson & Sofroniou, ch 4.

6. Dichotomous Dependent Variables in the Log-Linear Framework/

Multivariate Analysis of Nominal or Categorical Variables / Lee and Maykovich, ch 14; Knoke et al., ch 10

Alba, 45-77; Knoke and Burke, 1980: 8-33.

Loglinear Analysis Odds Ratio

Modeling Variable Effects Hierarchical Models

Estimating the Cell Frequencies

Maximum Likelihood Ratio Chi-Square Test statistic Evaluating Individual Loglinear Models

Comparing Hierarchical Loglinear Models

Grades: Presentation, Discussion, and Participation (25%) Assignments and Term Paper (25%)

Mid-term and Final Exams. (50%)

Suggested Readings for a Research Paper:

Piotr Sztompka, The Sociology of Social Change, 1993.

Ian Roxborough, Theories of Underdevelopment, 1979, Ch 2,3,4,5 Thomas R. Shannon, An Introduction to the World-System

Perspective, 1989.

Jeffrey Kentor, “The Long-Term Effects of Foreign Investment Dependence on Economic Growth, 1940-1990”. American Journal of Sociology 1998: 1024-1046.

Christopher Chase-Dunn, “Trade Globalization since 1795: Waves of Integration in the World-System”. American Sociological Review 2000: 77-95.

E. Crenshaw, "Cross-National Determinants of Income Inequality:

A

Replication and Extension Using Ecological-Evolutionary Theory." Social Forces 71(1992): 339-363.

Prechel, "The Effects of Exports, Public Debt, and Development on Income Inequality." Sociological Quarterly 26(1985): 213- 234

E. Crenshaw, "Democracy and Demographic Inheritance: The Influence of Modernity and Proto-Modernity on Political and Civil Rights, 1965-1980." ASR 60(1995): 702-718.

Bollen, "World System Position, Dependency and Democracy."

ASR 48(1983): 468-79.

Muller, "Economic Determinants of Democracy." American Sociological Review 60(1995): 966-982

Tolnay and Christenson, "The Effects of Social Setting and Family Planning Programs on Recent Fertility Declines in Developing

Countries: A Reassessment." Sociology and Social Research 69(1984): 72-88

London, "Dependence, Distorted Development and Fertility Trends in Noncore Nations: A Structural Analysis of Cross- National Data." ASR 53(1988):606-618.

Nolan, "World System Status, Techno-Economic Heritage, and Fertility." Sociological Focus 21(1988): 9-33

Pampel and Tanaka, "Economic Development and Female Labor Force

Participation: A Reconsideration." Social Forces 64(1986):599-619

Semyonov and Shenhav, "Investment Dependence,

Economic, and Female Employment Opportunities in Less Developed Countries." Social Science Quarterly 69(1988):

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London, "Structural Determinants of Third World Urban Change:

An Ecological and Political Economic Analysis." American Sociological Review 52(1987): 28-43

London and Smith, "Urban Bias, Dependency and Economic

Stagnation in Non-Core Nations." ASR 53(1988):454-63.

Bradshaw, "Urbanization and Underdevelopment: A Global Study of

Modernization, Urban Bias, and Economic Dependency."

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Sociological Review 52(1987): 224-239

Clark and Filinson, "Multinational Corporate Penetration, Industrialism, Region, and Social Security Expenditures: A Cross-National Analysis." Aging and Human Development 32(1991): 143-159.

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Developed Countries." American Sociological Review 55(1990):63-75

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Sociological Review 55(1990): 75-91

Shen and Williamson, "Child Mortality, Women's Status, Economic

Dependency, and State Strength: A Cross=National Study of Less

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Moaddel, "Political Conflict in the World Economy: A Cross- National Analysis of Modernization and World-System Theories." American Sociological Review 59(1994): 276- 303

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Analysis." American Sociological Review 55(1990): 540-559

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Comparative

Analysis." The Sociological Quarterly 24(1983): 43-58

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Sociological Review 54(1989): 597-611

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Development: A Cross National Analysis." Criminal Justice Review 15(1990): 64-77

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Comparative Social Research 8(1985): 187-201

Williams and Timberlake, "Structured Inequality, Conflict, and Control: A Cross-National Test of the Threat Hypothesis."

Social Forces 63(1984): 414-430