Author: FRANTILLA, ANNE.
Title: Social Science in the Public Interest a Fiftieth-Year History of the Institute for Social Research
Description: Ann Arbor, Michigan: Bentley Historic Library, University of Michigan, 1998. Softcover. Bulletin #45, September 1998 Series; B&W Illustrations; 6 X 9; 95 pages; Soft cover is blue with white lettering on front and spine. Slight rubbing to covers. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with some b/w photographs. ISR conducts a number of other widely cited and influential surveys. These include: Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers measures consumer sentiment and economic expectations on a monthly basis since 1946; Columbia County Study analyzes the factors linked to childhood and adult aggression; Health and Retirement Study surveys a nationally representative sample of 22,000 Americans age 50 and over every two years; Monitoring the Future Study surveys 50,000 American youth on their use of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs; National Survey of American Life examines a nationally representative sample of Black Americans, including Afro-Caribbeans; Panel Study of Income Dynamics studies the household structure and economic status of U. S. Families over lifetimes and across generations; World Values Surveys assess global value changes in almost 80 societies around the world on all six inhabited continents. Fine .

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