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The data game : controversies in social science statistics / Mark H. Maier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1991.Description: xv, 245 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0873325885 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0873327683 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300/.1/5195 20
LOC classification:
  • HA29 .M236 1991
Contents:
Demography -- Data Sources -- U.S. Census -- Vital Statistics -- Controversies -- The Population Undercount -- Undocumented Immigrants -- Costly Immigrants? -- A Birth Dearth? -- Race and Ethnicity -- Households and Families -- "Oh No, I Forgot to Get Married!" -- Divorce -- Housing -- Data Sources -- U.S. Census -- American Housing Survey -- Price Data -- Controversies -- Housing Quality -- Is There an Affordability Crisis? -- Racial Discrimination by Banks -- The Homeless -- Geographic Units -- Segregation -- Is Seattle the Best Place to Live? -- Health -- Data Sources -- Controversies -- Infant Mortality -- Are We Living Longer? -- Cancer -- AIDS -- Is Slower Safer? -- Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Education -- Data Sources -- National Center for Education Statistics -- U.S. Census Bureau -- Other Surveys -- Controversies -- Poor Data -- High School Dropouts -- Illiteracy -- Black Educational Progress -- School Desegregation: What Has Happened? -- Testing -- Crime -- Data Sources -- Uniform Crime Reports -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Controversies -- How Much Crime Is There? -- Is the Crime Wave Over? -- Rape -- Will You Be a Crime Victim? -- Does Poverty Cause Crime? -- Why Is the Black Crime Rate So High? -- Does Prison Pay? -- Does Capital Punishment Deter Murder? -- What About White-Collar Crime? -- The National Economy -- Data Sources -- U.S. Commerce Department -- U.S. Labor Department -- U.S. Federal Reserve Board -- Private Sector -- Controversies -- Which GDP?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-234) and index.

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Demography -- Data Sources -- U.S. Census -- Vital Statistics -- Controversies -- The Population Undercount -- Undocumented Immigrants -- Costly Immigrants? -- A Birth Dearth? -- Race and Ethnicity -- Households and Families -- "Oh No, I Forgot to Get Married!" -- Divorce -- Housing -- Data Sources -- U.S. Census -- American Housing Survey -- Price Data -- Controversies -- Housing Quality -- Is There an Affordability Crisis? -- Racial Discrimination by Banks -- The Homeless -- Geographic Units -- Segregation -- Is Seattle the Best Place to Live? -- Health -- Data Sources -- Controversies -- Infant Mortality -- Are We Living Longer? -- Cancer -- AIDS -- Is Slower Safer? -- Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Education -- Data Sources -- National Center for Education Statistics -- U.S. Census Bureau -- Other Surveys -- Controversies -- Poor Data -- High School Dropouts -- Illiteracy -- Black Educational Progress -- School Desegregation: What Has Happened? -- Testing -- Crime -- Data Sources -- Uniform Crime Reports -- National Crime Victimization Survey -- Controversies -- How Much Crime Is There? -- Is the Crime Wave Over? -- Rape -- Will You Be a Crime Victim? -- Does Poverty Cause Crime? -- Why Is the Black Crime Rate So High? -- Does Prison Pay? -- Does Capital Punishment Deter Murder? -- What About White-Collar Crime? -- The National Economy -- Data Sources -- U.S. Commerce Department -- U.S. Labor Department -- U.S. Federal Reserve Board -- Private Sector -- Controversies -- Which GDP?