Contentiousness in science: The discourse of critique in two sociology journals

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly A. Lewin
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2020 ◽  
pp. 0092055X2098042
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Linneman

While most sociology majors must take a statistics course, the content of this course varies widely across departments. Starting from the assumption that sociology students should be able to engage effectively with the sociological literature, this article examines the statistical techniques used in 2,804 journal articles—from four generalist sociology journals from 1990 to 2019 and 11 additional sociology journals from 2019—in order to assess which techniques have risen or fallen in prevalence. Although stalwarts such as ordinary least squares regression, chi-square tests, and t tests maintain strong presences, the rise of logistic regression, interaction effects, and multilevel models has been dramatic. After assessing the proportion of articles students hypothetically could understand given various levels of statistical training, the article ends with suggestions for how to revamp the statistics course to help our students become more numerate citizens, both in their sociology courses and in the world at large.


Socio hu ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (special issue 2) ◽  
pp. 74-95
Author(s):  
Dušan Janák ◽  
Robert Klobucký

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 158-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Best
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2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Dunn, David V. Waller
Keyword(s):  

2022 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-133
Author(s):  
Zarine L. Rocha

This review paper marks the 70th anniversary of Current Sociology, the first journal founded by the International Sociological Association (ISA). The past seven decades have been a time of immense change within sociology and around the world, and the shifts within the structure and content of the journal mirror these transformations. Current Sociology today is a vastly different publication to the bibliography focused journal of 1952, and remains one of the top global sociology journals, and a proudly international publication. This short overview traces the history of Current Sociology across the decades, highlighting the work of the editors in guiding the development of the journal, and providing a glimpse into the development of the discipline, and the social developments of the past 70 years.


1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 70-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Collins ◽  
Diane Ravitch ◽  
Nelson W. Polsby
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2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 237802311880926
Author(s):  
John A. Bernau

I provide a visual representation of keyword trends and authorship for two flagship sociology journals using data from JSTOR’s Data for Research repository. While text data have accompanied the digital spread of information, it remains inaccessible to researchers unfamiliar with the required preprocessing. The visualization and accompanying code encourage widespread use of this source of data in the social sciences.


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