@article{e5b984311d034cb9abe1d0c8035290fe,
title = "An Impasse and Alternatives in Studies of Social Stratification and Social Mobilit",
abstract = "It comes to be dicussed that studies of social stratification and social mobility may be in an impasse. Technical development of quantitative analysis and preoccupation with variable-oriented strategy have caused this impasse that appears in individualization of various hypotheses and inconsistency of outcomes of data analyses. Therefore,empirical confirmation of hypotheses and deductive corroboration of theoretical ideas are obstructed. As the means to escape from the impasse, conjunction of strategies such as variable-oriented, interpretative and mathematical strategies is suggested and examined.",
keywords = "Quantitative Analysis, Social Mobility, Social Stratification, Variable-oriented Strategy",
author = "Nobuo Kanomata",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the Giles W. and Elise G. Mead Foundation for grants in support of this study. Additional support was provided by the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project as authorized by the U.S. Congress (HR 5503) through cost reimbursement agreement PSW-93-001-CRA between the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, and the Regents of the University of California, Wildland Resources Center. We thank J. E. Williams, A. Baracco, and anonymous reviewers for their cogent and helpful comments on the manuscript.",
year = "1992",
doi = "10.11218/ojjams.7.1",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
pages = "1--18",
journal = "Sociological Theory and Methods",
issn = "0913-1442",
publisher = "Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology",
number = "1",
}