Methods for Macrosociological Research

This practical book provides the means to handle distributions and compositional data without forfeiting the information from which they derive. Real-world data and illustrations are featured throughout the text, and, for easy reference, each chapter contains a summary and bibliographic notes. The book is divided into three sections: Part I discusses comparative analysis of distributions, compositions, sequences of rates, and other vectors; Part II studies the interdependence of the parts that together make up the whole; and Part III investigates the aggregative analysis of such parts in both static and dynamic terms. Key Features * Chapters organized around substantive, current issues * Illustrations based on real data * Bibliographic notes provide a guide to further readings * Concluding remarks at the end of each chapter focus attention on topics for additional studyNamboodiri, Krishnan is the author of 'Methods for Macrosociological Research' with ISBN 9780125133456 and ISBN 0125133456.