Социология: 4М. № 26

Sociology: Methodology, Methods, Mathematical Modeling # 26 (2008)

SUMMARY

KRUPENKOVA N.V. «Sociological Measurement: Latent Variable Models Emergence (Part I)»: The emergence of the main types of latent variable models is examined in the paper. Problems and special tasks of social measurement are considered as a context of models emergence history. Ideas of form and character of latent and observe variables relation as realized in the models are considered. The first part of the article discusses models of classical tests theory, item response theory, factor analysis and latent structure analysis.

Key words: measurement, latent variables, latent variable models, classical test theory, factor analysis, Item Response Theory (IRT), latent structure analysis. 

SHCHERBINA V.V. «Populational Selection Model of Organizational Development (Part I)»: The article is devoted to the contemporary sociological theoretical model explaining the substance, content and machinery of the organizational development process. The model under consideration is named as populational selection model and treated as a version of the approach known in organizational theory as organizational ecology. The present part of the article observes the difficulties in understanding of organizational development nature as appeared in organizational theory in the 70th, contradictions in methodological foundations of organizational nature comprehension, discoveries of the 60-70th in the field of organizational behavior and the other organizational development models used in constructing of populational selection model.

Key words: organizational theory, organizational development model, populational selection model, ecology of organization, methodological basis of the model, nature of organization. 

BATYKOV I.V. «Rank Order Grid Technique in Small Group Investigation»: The paper considers the process of small social group investigation with the help of rank order grid technique. There are revealed the potentialities of the technique for obtaining formalized information on socio-psychological characteristics of a group and for various indicators of group structure computation.

Key words: small group, construct, rank ordering, concordance coefficient, Spearmen coefficient, group norms, conformity, social exchange. 

MASLAK A.A., POZDNYAKOV S.A. «Rasch Model as Used for Estimation of Tolerance Measurement Quality»: The validity of the model for measuring tolerance as an attitude is examined. For this aim the writers have used Rasch model which allows integrating several different indicators into one interval variable.

Key words: measurement, latent variable, tolerance, measurement model, Rasch model, interval scale. 

GUKHMAN V.B., GUSAROV A.A. «On the Assessment of Election Results with the Help of Goodness of Fit Statistical Criterion»: The paper substantiates the appropriateness of goodness of fit criteria and particularly chi-square criterion for assessment of election results legitimacy. Decision making logic in questionable situations is illustrated by specific examples.

Key words: elections, uniform distribution, statistical hypothesis, goodness of fit criteria, statistical significance, reliability level, significance level. 

TROFIMOV D.A. «Log-linear Analysis of Mobility Tables: Basic Models Review»: The article reviews log-linear analysis methods which are used for social mobility research most often. The potentialities of log-linear methods are illustrated by examples of the writer’s investigation on housing mobility during the different periods of Russian society development.

Key words: social mobility tables, log-linear models, log-linear analysis, social mobility, ascending mobility, descending mobility, independence, housing classes, symmetry, social distance. 

SALO Ye.P. «The Experience of Investigation in Social Status of Traditional Medicine Specialists»: The social status of the group of traditional medicine specialists is analyzed in the paper on the base of interview data. Social status is treated as a set of resourses (authority, economical and cultural) which afford opportunities for traditional medicine specialists to become a special professional group.

Key words: social status, occupational group, traditional medicine, resource, autonomy, prestige, orthodox medicine, status inconsistency, crystallization. 

BESSOKIRNAYA G.P. «Sociological Data Analysis by Means of SPSS: Textbooks Review»: The paper presents the summaries of textbooks on SPSS as applying in practice of sociological research. Features and advantages of various textbooks are conceived. Special attention is given to A.O. Kryshtanovskiy textbook.

Key words: sociological research, data analysis, methods of data analysis, SPSS. 

BOZHKOV O.B., POMIGALOV A.A. «The Notes on the Technical Problems of Field Researches»: The article emphasizes the importance of technical aspects in the course of sociological research and especially within the scope of methodology of quality research. It is the technical aspects of work with quality data including the use of various equipments that the notes summarize.

Key words: interview, audio-technical equipment, audio editor program, software, record format, transcribing, conversion of files.