Trends and Perspectives in Empirical Social Research

Frontmatter -- Editors' Note -- Contents -- Social Indicators Research: Societal Monitoring and Social Reporting / Noll, Heinz-Herbert / Zapf, Wolfgang -- Nationwide General Social Surveys / Davis, James A. / Mohler, Peter Ph. / Smith, Tom W. -- Measurement in Multi-National Surveys / Alwin, Duane F. / Braun, Michael / Harkness, Janet / Scott, Jacqueline -- Cognitive and Communicative Aspects of Survey Measurement / Schwarz, Norbert / Bless, Herbert / Hippler, Hans-J. / Strack, Fritz / Sudman, Seymour -- Secondary Analysis of Official Microdata / Alba, Richard / Müller, Walter / Schimpl-Neimanns, Bernhard -- Computer-Assisted Interviewing in Social and Market Research / Porst, Rolf / Schneid, Michael / Brouwershaven, Jan Willem van -- The Study of Work Values: A Call for a More Balanced Perspective / Brief, Arthur P. / Aldag, Ramon J. -- Theory and Practice of Sample Surveys / Stenger, Horst / Gabler, Siegfried -- Statistics and the Sciences / Leeuw, Jan de -- Measurement: The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in the Social Sciences / Schönemann, Peter H. -- Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio Typologies are Misleading / Velleman, Paul / Wilkinson, Leland -- Evolving Notions of Facet Theory / Borg, Ingwer -- Factor Analysis in the 1980's and the 1990's: Some Old Debates and Some New Developments / Steiger, James H. -- Causal Modeling: Some Trends and Perspectives / Faulbaum, Frank / Bentler, Peter M. -- Attitude Theory and Measurement: Implications for Survey Research / Ajzen, leek / Krebs, Dagmar -- Reconciling Macro and Micro Perspectives by Multilevel Models: An Application to Regional Wage Differences / Blien, Uwe / Wiedenbeck, Michael / Arminger, Gerhard -- A Phenomenological Approach to Social Research: The Perspective of the Other / Graumann, Carl F. -- Hermeneutic Interpretation in Qualitative Research: Between Art and Rules / Lueger, Manfred / Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, Jürgen H.P. -- On the Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Methodological Paradigms (Based on the Example of Content Analysis) / Groeben, Norbert / Rustemeyer, Ruth -- Trends and Perspectives in Content Analysis / Schrott, Peter R. / Lanoue, David J. -- About the Contributors -- Name Index -- Subject Index