Robert Mcginnis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3630489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Mcginnis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcginnis |
| SIGNATURE | MCGINNIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 354 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1953 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Rank Advancement in Academic Careers: Sex Differences and the Effects of Productivity
Advancement in rank is critically important to the career of an academic scientist, and the highly visible nature of the event makes it idealfor studying stratification in science. Concern with universalistic factors in promotion has prompted debates over two issues. First, why do female scientists advance more slowly than male scientists, and why do so few reach the rank offull professor? Second, is promotion driven by the sheer volume of publis…
The duration of residence approach to a dynamic stochastic model of internal migration: A test of the axiom of cumulative inertia
The data presented indicate a definite trend that tends to support the axiom of cumulative inertia. The probabilities of movement decline by increasing duration of residence for each year. Not only is information on duration of residence an important element in any study of migration, but it also provides a necessary modification for the Markov chain approach to migration probabilities. Future studies of the mathematical model will require data t…
Reply to Chubin, Porter, and Boeckmann
Organizational Context and Scientific Productivity
An earlier study found that while a scientist's productivity does not affect the prestige of the academic position obtained, the prestige of the position does affect later productivity. In this paper consideration of contextual effects is broadened to include differing organizational contexts of scientific employment. Chances of obtaining employment in a particular context are not strongly affected by productivity. Once employment is obtained in …
The Problem of Junior-Authored Papers in Constructing Citation Counts
Citation counts are central to many studies in the sociology of science. Due to cost considerations and the format of the Science Citation Index, researchers often collect citations only to a scientist's first-authored publications (so called 'straight counts'), rather than to complete counts based on all published papers. This paper examines the consequences of using straight counts to study the careers of a sample of PhD biochemists. It is foun…
Science indicators/1976: A critique
Entrance into the Academic Career
Markov Chains Theory and Applications
Modelling out-Migration from Cities to Allow Paremeter Estimation and Related Hypothesis Testing
The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind
A finite model of mobility
The Markov chains with stationary transition probabilities have not proved satisfactory as a model of human mobility. A modification of this simple model is the ‘duration specific’ chain incorporating the axiom of cumulative inertia: the longer a person has been in a state the less likely he is to leave it. Such a process is a Markov chain with a denumerably infinite number of states, specifying both location and duration of time in the location.…
The Grammar of Sociology: Comments on “Searching Data for Predictive Variables”, D. E. Muir
A Stochastic Model of Social Mobility
Ginsburg, Norton. 1961 Atlan of Economic Development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Huntington, Samuel P. 1965 development and political decay. World Politics 17 (April) :386-430. Lerner, Daniel. 1958 Passing of Traditional Society. Glencoe: Free Press. Lenski, Gerhard E. 1966 Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification. New York: McGraw-Hill. Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1960 Political Man. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. Mars…
Mathematical Foundations for Social Analysis
Mathematical Foundations for Social Analysis
Causal Inferences in Nonexperimental Research
A Stochastic Model of Social Interaction
Introduction to Difference Equations. With illustrative examples from Economics, Psychology, and Sociology
Randomization and Inference in Sociological Research
AN accusing finger has been leveled at those of us who test survey research data for statistical significance. In a recent paper Professor Hanan C. Selvin concludes that . . conditions under which tests of significance may validly be used are almost impossible of fulfillment in sociological ...' 1 If his critical appraisal causes sociologists to re-examine their research procedures, Selvin will be due a great deal of credit. But, if some are conv…
Sexual Behavior in American Society: An Appraisal of the First Two Kinsey Reports
Making the Most of Marriage
Selected Studies in Marriage and the Family
Scaling Interview Data
Rank Advancement in Academic Careers: Sex Differences and the Effects of Productivity
Advancement in rank is critically important to the career of an academic scientist, and the highly visible nature of the event makes it idealfor studying stratification in science. Concern with universalistic factors in promotion has prompted debates over two issues. First, why do female scientists advance more slowly than male scientists, and why do so few reach the rank offull professor? Second, is promotion driven by the sheer volume of publis…
A Stochastic Model of Social Mobility
Ginsburg, Norton. 1961 Atlan of Economic Development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Huntington, Samuel P. 1965 development and political decay. World Politics 17 (April) :386-430. Lerner, Daniel. 1958 Passing of Traditional Society. Glencoe: Free Press. Lenski, Gerhard E. 1966 Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification. New York: McGraw-Hill. Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1960 Political Man. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. Mars…
Organizational Context and Scientific Productivity
An earlier study found that while a scientist's productivity does not affect the prestige of the academic position obtained, the prestige of the position does affect later productivity. In this paper consideration of contextual effects is broadened to include differing organizational contexts of scientific employment. Chances of obtaining employment in a particular context are not strongly affected by productivity. Once employment is obtained in …
Entrance into the Academic Career
The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind
A finite model of mobility
The Markov chains with stationary transition probabilities have not proved satisfactory as a model of human mobility. A modification of this simple model is the ‘duration specific’ chain incorporating the axiom of cumulative inertia: the longer a person has been in a state the less likely he is to leave it. Such a process is a Markov chain with a denumerably infinite number of states, specifying both location and duration of time in the location.…
Introduction to Difference Equations. With illustrative examples from Economics, Psychology, and Sociology
Selected Studies in Marriage and the Family
The Problem of Junior-Authored Papers in Constructing Citation Counts
Citation counts are central to many studies in the sociology of science. Due to cost considerations and the format of the Science Citation Index, researchers often collect citations only to a scientist's first-authored publications (so called 'straight counts'), rather than to complete counts based on all published papers. This paper examines the consequences of using straight counts to study the careers of a sample of PhD biochemists. It is foun…
A Stochastic Model of Social Interaction
Randomization and Inference in Sociological Research
AN accusing finger has been leveled at those of us who test survey research data for statistical significance. In a recent paper Professor Hanan C. Selvin concludes that . . conditions under which tests of significance may validly be used are almost impossible of fulfillment in sociological ...' 1 If his critical appraisal causes sociologists to re-examine their research procedures, Selvin will be due a great deal of credit. But, if some are conv…
Sexual Behavior in American Society: An Appraisal of the First Two Kinsey Reports
Scaling Interview Data
Scaling Interview Data
Selected Studies in Marriage and the Family
Sexual Behavior in American Society: An Appraisal of the First Two Kinsey Reports
Making the Most of Marriage
Randomization and Inference in Sociological Research
AN accusing finger has been leveled at those of us who test survey research data for statistical significance. In a recent paper Professor Hanan C. Selvin concludes that . . conditions under which tests of significance may validly be used are almost impossible of fulfillment in sociological ...' 1 If his critical appraisal causes sociologists to re-examine their research procedures, Selvin will be due a great deal of credit. But, if some are conv…
Introduction to Difference Equations. With illustrative examples from Economics, Psychology, and Sociology
A Stochastic Model of Social Interaction
Mathematical Foundations for Social Analysis
Mathematical Foundations for Social Analysis
Causal Inferences in Nonexperimental Research
A Stochastic Model of Social Mobility
Ginsburg, Norton. 1961 Atlan of Economic Development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Huntington, Samuel P. 1965 development and political decay. World Politics 17 (April) :386-430. Lerner, Daniel. 1958 Passing of Traditional Society. Glencoe: Free Press. Lenski, Gerhard E. 1966 Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification. New York: McGraw-Hill. Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1960 Political Man. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. Mars…
The Grammar of Sociology: Comments on “Searching Data for Predictive Variables”, D. E. Muir
A finite model of mobility
The Markov chains with stationary transition probabilities have not proved satisfactory as a model of human mobility. A modification of this simple model is the ‘duration specific’ chain incorporating the axiom of cumulative inertia: the longer a person has been in a state the less likely he is to leave it. Such a process is a Markov chain with a denumerably infinite number of states, specifying both location and duration of time in the location.…
The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind
Modelling out-Migration from Cities to Allow Paremeter Estimation and Related Hypothesis Testing
Markov Chains Theory and Applications
Science indicators/1976: A critique
Entrance into the Academic Career
The Problem of Junior-Authored Papers in Constructing Citation Counts
Citation counts are central to many studies in the sociology of science. Due to cost considerations and the format of the Science Citation Index, researchers often collect citations only to a scientist's first-authored publications (so called 'straight counts'), rather than to complete counts based on all published papers. This paper examines the consequences of using straight counts to study the careers of a sample of PhD biochemists. It is foun…
Reply to Chubin, Porter, and Boeckmann
Organizational Context and Scientific Productivity
An earlier study found that while a scientist's productivity does not affect the prestige of the academic position obtained, the prestige of the position does affect later productivity. In this paper consideration of contextual effects is broadened to include differing organizational contexts of scientific employment. Chances of obtaining employment in a particular context are not strongly affected by productivity. Once employment is obtained in …
The duration of residence approach to a dynamic stochastic model of internal migration: A test of the axiom of cumulative inertia
The data presented indicate a definite trend that tends to support the axiom of cumulative inertia. The probabilities of movement decline by increasing duration of residence for each year. Not only is information on duration of residence an important element in any study of migration, but it also provides a necessary modification for the Markov chain approach to migration probabilities. Future studies of the mathematical model will require data t…
Rank Advancement in Academic Careers: Sex Differences and the Effects of Productivity
Advancement in rank is critically important to the career of an academic scientist, and the highly visible nature of the event makes it idealfor studying stratification in science. Concern with universalistic factors in promotion has prompted debates over two issues. First, why do female scientists advance more slowly than male scientists, and why do so few reach the rank offull professor? Second, is promotion driven by the sheer volume of publis…
Sociology (14 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Economics (9 works) · Econometrics (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · scientometrics and bibliometrics research (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)