Sociological Methodology最新文献

Can Human Reading Validate a Topic Model? 人类阅读能否验证主题模型？

IF 3 2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/00811750241265336

Bolun Zhang, Yimang Zhou, Dai Li

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Contextual Embeddings in Sociological Research: Expanding the Analysis of Sentiment and Social Dynamics 社会学研究中的情境嵌入：扩展情感和社会动力分析

IF 3 2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/00811750241260729

Moeen Mostafavi, Michael D. Porter, Dawn T. Robinson

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Using Relative Distribution Methods to Study Economic Polarization across Categories and Contexts 使用相对分布法研究不同类别和背景下的经济两极分化问题

IF 3 2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/00811750241260731

Siwei Cheng, Andrew Levine, Ananda Martin-Caughey

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Question-Order Effect in the Study of Satisfaction with Democracy: Lessons from Three Split-Ballot Experiments 民主满意度研究中的问题顺序效应：三项分票实验的启示

IF 3 2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2024-05-28 DOI: 10.1177/00811750241254363

Zsófia Papp, Pál Susánszky, Andrea Szabó

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Comparing the Robustness of Simple Network Scale-Up Method Estimators 比较简单网络扩展法估算器的稳健性

IF 3 2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI: 10.1177/00811750241242791

Jessica P. Kunke, Ian Laga, Xiaoyue Niu, Tyler H. McCormick

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Multivariate Multinomial Logit Models with Associations among Dependent Variables 依赖变量之间存在关联的多变量多项式 Logit 模型

IF 3 2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2024-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/00811750241239049

Kazuo Yamaguchi, Jesse Zhou

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Marginal-Preserving Imputation of Three-Way Array Data in Nested Structures, with Application to Small Areal Units 嵌套结构中三方阵列数据的保边插值及其在小面积单元上的应用

2区社会学

Sociological Methodology Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.1177/00811750231203218

Loring J. Thomas, Peng Huang, Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, John R. Hipp, Carter T. Butts

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Micro Effects on Macro Structure in Social Networks 社会网络微观对宏观结构的影响