Entry:
Carter, Gregg Lee, "Teaching the Idea of Contextual Effects," Teaching Sociology, 19 (October, 1991), 526-531.
Abstract:
The author illustrates how to teach the concept of contextual effects to students with simple examples and easy to use statistical packages. For example, the positive relationship between high education and job satisfaction changes when such people work in low prestige jobs.
GSS Years:1985
Other Data Sets:
NCES 1972
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| PRESTIGE |
RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1970) |
| SATJOB |
JOB OR HOUSEWORK |