Duncan, Otis Dudley

ISBN-10: 1529748089
ISBN-13: 9781529748086
Category: Sociology
Language: English
Published: 2020
Authors: Yu Xie, Robert Mason Hauser

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Throughout his career, Otis Dudley Duncan (1921-2004) took interest in a subject, studied it exhaustively, developed new concepts and methods appropriate to it, and, then, after making a major contribution, took on another topic. Two constancies in his work were a focus on populations and an avoidance of typological thinking. Ultimately, he recognized that the fundamental problem vexing sociological inquiry was population heterogeneity. In opening up new areas of inquiry and tools appropriate to them, Duncan was often followed by others who hoped to extend and improve upon his methods and findings. But he never looked back. This entry reviews the evolution of Duncan's contributions to social science methodology. Some highlights include his work on urban residential segregation, a socioeconomic index (SEI), occupational changes in ...

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