Randall J Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 315246 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Randall J Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Randall J |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSON R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Research in Community Sociology, Vol. 8
A reply
Economic growth and social development
Detecting Sentencing Disparity
Research has yet to establish convincingly either the existence or the absence of sentencing discrimination. This paper identifies major methodological and conceptual problems inherent in sentencing disparity research and presents and empirical analysis of the racial disparity argument for the years 1969, 1973, and 1977. Evidence is presented that indicates (1) sentencing patterns fluctuate with contextual variation, (2) racial discrimination at …
Respecifying the Effects of Voluntary Association on Individuals in a Traditional Society
Voluntary Association Membership Trends and the Family Life Cycle
Using a role perspective, expectations are derived about changes in voluntary association membership levels across the family life cycle. The expected curvilinear relationship was found in national survey data from 1967 to 1974. The relationship remained even with race, sex, and education levels held constant in a log-linear analysis of multiway contingency tables. The curvilinear pattern differed somewhat between the two samples, but the general…
Detecting Sentencing Disparity
Research has yet to establish convincingly either the existence or the absence of sentencing discrimination. This paper identifies major methodological and conceptual problems inherent in sentencing disparity research and presents and empirical analysis of the racial disparity argument for the years 1969, 1973, and 1977. Evidence is presented that indicates (1) sentencing patterns fluctuate with contextual variation, (2) racial discrimination at …
Voluntary Association Membership Trends and the Family Life Cycle
Using a role perspective, expectations are derived about changes in voluntary association membership levels across the family life cycle. The expected curvilinear relationship was found in national survey data from 1967 to 1974. The relationship remained even with race, sex, and education levels held constant in a log-linear analysis of multiway contingency tables. The curvilinear pattern differed somewhat between the two samples, but the general…
Economic growth and social development
A reply
Voluntary Association Membership Trends and the Family Life Cycle
Using a role perspective, expectations are derived about changes in voluntary association membership levels across the family life cycle. The expected curvilinear relationship was found in national survey data from 1967 to 1974. The relationship remained even with race, sex, and education levels held constant in a log-linear analysis of multiway contingency tables. The curvilinear pattern differed somewhat between the two samples, but the general…
Respecifying the Effects of Voluntary Association on Individuals in a Traditional Society
Detecting Sentencing Disparity
Research has yet to establish convincingly either the existence or the absence of sentencing discrimination. This paper identifies major methodological and conceptual problems inherent in sentencing disparity research and presents and empirical analysis of the racial disparity argument for the years 1969, 1973, and 1977. Evidence is presented that indicates (1) sentencing patterns fluctuate with contextual variation, (2) racial discrimination at …
Economic growth and social development
A reply
Research in Community Sociology, Vol. 8
Economics (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Econometrics (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering (2 works)