Full Description
Analyzing Inequalities: An Introduction to Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Using the General Social Survey 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.
Contents
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Analyzing Inequalities
Introduction: An Introduction to Analyzing inequalities
Social Justice Statistics
Social Justice Statistics: Critiques and Limitations
Chapter 2: Understanding Data - Critical Concepts
Overview of the GSS
Finding data in the GSS
Producing and Interpreting a Frequency Table
Describing Variables: levels of measurement
Describing Variables: Measures of Central Tendency
Producing the Mean, Median and Mode in SDA
Chapter 3: Analyzing Gender with the GSS
Introduction: Key concepts in gender
Identifying variables related to gender
Produce and Interpret a Bivariate Table or "Crosstab"
Chapter 4: Analyzing Race and Ethnicity with the GSS
Introduction: Key Concepts in Race and Ethnicity
Identifying variables related to race and ethnicity
Produce and Interpret a Bivariate Table or "Crosstab"
Applying a Filter
Applying Control variables
Chapter 5: Analyzing Class with the GSS
Introduction: Key Concepts in Social Class.
Identifying variables related to socio-economic class
Re-coding Variables
Comparing the Mean Response for Different Groups
Chapter 6: Analyzing Sexuality with the GSS
Introduction: Key concepts in Sexuality
Identifying Variables related to Sexuality
Applying a Filter
Re-coding Variables
Chapter 7: Analyzing Inequalities in Families
Introduction: Family change and family diversity
Identifying variables related to Families
Chapter 8: Analyzing Inequalities in Education
Introduction: Inequalities in Education
Identifying variables related to Education
Analyzing Inequalities related to Education
Chapter 9: Analyzing Inequalities in the Economy and Work
Introduction: Inequalities in the Economy and at Work
Identifying variables related to Work and the Economy
