Sentences with phrase «sociological survey»

When are we ever going to get a sociological survey of the real distinguish between CAGW believers and skeptics.

It will serve as a visual sociological survey, demonstrating how Mapplethorpe's oeuvre is regarded today, shedding light on current cultural tastes and points of view and revealing the power of Mapplethorpe's enduring legacy.

Given such a crass sociological survey of English movies, where the bottom line generally seems like the only game in town, it's hardly surprising to see Frears reject the whole silent era as inconsequential.

A recent sociological survey featured in The Paradox of Generosity (a book written by Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson; OUP USA) revealed that generosity is very good for us, and not in a televangelist «give and God will make you rich» way.

And sociological surveys suggest that most Russians do not seek or expect a sense of mutual concern and care in the Church.

Sociological surveys, even the most excellent, will never tell the whole story.

There is absolutely no way to take sociological surveys about groups of individuals — and this includes psychological testing — and apply any of it to one individual.

Not exact matches

Every four years, the General Social Survey (GSS)-- often regarded as the single best source for sociological and attitudinal trend data in the United States — asks respondents if they were laid off in the previous year.

See Robert A. Nisbit, The Sociological Tradition (New York: Basic Books, 1966), for a survey of the characteristic themes of classical sociology.

For a more general critical survey of recent sociological thought, see Robert W. Friedrichs, A Sociology of Sociology (New York: Free Press, 1970).

Using a sample size of 11,860 adults in the United States (5,922 men and 5,938 women) obtained from the National Violence Against Women Survey's database, the researchers sought to challenge a sociological theory that explains that men are more likely to respond to sexual assault with anger and by engaging in criminal activity, while women are more likely to respond with depression and sadness.

In the study, which appears in the American Sociological Review, Williams and her colleagues analyzed data from more than 3,000 single and married mothers who are participating in an ongoing, nationally representative government survey.

In a survey that spans 40 years, Archibald Motley introduces the artist's colorful canvases to a wider audience and reveals the rich sociological and art historical underpinnings of his work.

The study of law from non-legal or non-black-letter perspectives can usefully be divided into those that treat data derived from experiments and surveys (such as sociological studies of legal systems, or psychological studies of juries), and those look to the written word for evidence, the latter covering the vast majority of what is conventionally considered «legal scholarship».

A sociological study using the General Social Survey comparing hook - up rates among today's students with students from a decade ago found that both groups reported similar rates of hooking up.3 Specifically, 31.9 % of students from 1988 - 1996 reported having more than one sexual partner in the past year, whereas 31.6 % of today's college students reported having more than one sexual partner in the past year.