Dedication: James A. Davis: Master of Social Surveys

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Davis James A. 1964. “Great Books and Small Groups: An Informal History of a National Survey.” Pp. 244–69 in Sociologists at Work: The Craft of Social Research, edited by Hammond P. E. New York: Doubleday Anchor.

Davis James A. 1966. “The Campus as a Frog Pond: An Application of the Theory of Relative Deprivation to Career Decisions of College Men.” American Journal of Sociology 72(1):17–31.

Davis James A. 1974a. “Hierarchical Models for Significance Tests in Multivariate Contingency Tables: An Exegesis of Goodman’s Recent Papers.” Pp. 189–231 in Sociological Methodology. Vol. 5, edited by Costner H. L. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Davis James A. 1974b. “Tolerance of Atheists and Communists: A Replication of Stouffer 18 Years Later.” Public Opinion Quarterly 38(3):442.

Davis James A. 1975. “Analyzing Contingency Tables with Linear Flow Graphs: D Systems.” Pp. 111–45 in Sociological Methodology. Vol. 7, edited by Heise D. R. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Davis James A. 1992. “Changeable Weather in a Cooling Climate atop the Liberal Plateau: Conversion and Replacement in Forty-two General Social Survey Items, 1972–1989.” Public Opinion Quarterly 56(3):261–306.

Davis James A. 2004. “Did Growing Up in the 1960s Leave a Permanent Mark on Attitudes and Values? Evidence from the General Social Survey.” Public Opinion Quarterly 68(2):161–83.

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McPherson Miller Smith-Lovin Lynn Brashears Matthew E. 2009. “Reply to Fischer. Models and Marginals: Using Survey Evidence to Study Social Networks.” American Sociological Review 74(4):670–81.

Nakao Keiko Treas Judith . 1994. “Updating Occupational Prestige and Socioeconomic Scores: How the New Measures Measure Up.” Pp. 1–72 in Sociological Methodology. Vol. 24, edited by Marsden P. V. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.

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