Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 04, Number 2 (SPRING, 1968)https://hdl.handle.net/1808/45782024-03-29T12:07:40Z2024-03-29T12:07:40ZDETERMINANCY VERSUS RISK: A CRITIQUE OF CONTEMPORARY STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY IN SOCIOLOGYMiller, L. Keithhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/46942018-05-24T19:54:41Z1968-04-01T00:00:00ZDETERMINANCY VERSUS RISK: A CRITIQUE OF CONTEMPORARY STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY IN SOCIOLOGY
Miller, L. Keith
The contention of this paper is that contemporary sociology has been misled into relying on tests of significance to the virtual exclusion of measures of association. A glance at any recent issue of the American Sociological Review will show that the bulk of the research is analyzed by the computation and interpretation of levels of significance. Further, even if a measure of association is computed it is usually analyzed in terms of a test of significance rather than in terms of its own numerical value. This reliance means that our discipline annually discovers and reaffirms the probable existence of many interesting relationships; however, it also means that the strengths of these relationships are not known.
1968-04-01T00:00:00ZMARX AND WEBER: A THEORY OF HISTORICAL CHANGEWiller, Davidhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/46932018-05-24T19:54:28Z1968-04-01T00:00:00ZMARX AND WEBER: A THEORY OF HISTORICAL CHANGE
Willer, David
Though historical sequences of Western civilization are capable of being described by a simple, unilinear, evolutionary theory of history, attempts to generalize unilinear theories beyond Western cultural areas have failed. Thus the attempts of modem "Marxists" to generalize Marx and Engels' "theory of history" beyond its scope of application, Western civilization, have met with the expected results. Their sequence of stages of history simply do not fit other cultural areas. The Marx-Engels theory of history was explicitly designed for a single case and has little or no application outside that case.The theory therefore has no explanatory power and may be viewed as simply a tool for describing a single case. Extension of the theory beyond that case would require modification, specifically conceptual elaboration, such that it becomes more than simply descriptive.
1968-04-01T00:00:00ZKansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 4, Number 2 (SPRING, 1968): Front Matterhttps://hdl.handle.net/1808/46922018-05-24T19:55:09Z1968-04-01T00:00:00ZKansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 4, Number 2 (SPRING, 1968): Front Matter
1968-04-01T00:00:00ZETHNIC OCCUPATIONAL STATUSESMennerick, Lewis A.https://hdl.handle.net/1808/46912018-05-24T19:54:54Z1968-04-01T00:00:00ZETHNIC OCCUPATIONAL STATUSES
Mennerick, Lewis A.
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