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We and they: Pronouns as measures of political identification and estrangement
(Elsevier, 1975-09)
Some people refer to the United States government as "we," some people as "they," in responses to an open-ended survey question on American intervention in Vietnam. This seemingly trivial linguistic difference (and perhaps ...
"Chocolate city, vanilla suburbs:" Will the trend toward racially separate communities continue?
(Elsevier, 1978-12)
Almost a decade ago, the Kerner Commission warned that this country was moving toward two societies--one white and one black. Data on residential segregation indicate clear-cut boundaries for these two societies--large ...
Explorations in the taxonomy of behavior settings
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1975-12)
Interpersonal comparison versus persuasive argumentation: A more direct test of alternative explanations for group-induced shifts in individual choice
(Elsevier, 1973-05)
One class of theories explains group induced shifts in individual choice in terms of interpersonal comparison process. By comparing himself with others a member finds out that his position is uncomfortably discrepant, e.g., ...
Job dissatisfaction as a possible risk factor in coronary heart disease
(Elsevier, 1971-05)
Question Wording as an Independent Variable in Survey Analysis
(Sage Publications, 1977)
This paper renews the line of research into the effects of changes in survey question wording and form which occupied researchers during the 1940s. We suggest two reasons for the cessation of such research: the idiosyncratic ...
Testing two classes of theories about group induced shifts in individual choice
(Elsevier, 1973-03)
One class of theories explains group induced shifts in individual choice in terms of interpersonal comparison process. By comparing himself with others a member finds out that his position is uncomfortably discrepant, e.g., ...
Objective and subjective determinants of prospective residential mobility
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing Company ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1975-06)
The increasing interest in subjective as well as objective measures of well-being raises the issue of the relative importance of these two different types of measures when they are included as independent variables in ...