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| List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes | |
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| Preface to the Fourth Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Purpose of This Book | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Demography | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| U.S. Census | |
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| American Community Survey | |
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| Vital Statistics | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Population Counts | |
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| Privacy in the Census: Double-Edged Sword? | |
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| Will There Be a Population Boom? | |
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| Undocumented Immigrants | |
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| Race and Ethnicity | |
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| How Big Is the Gay Population? | |
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| Households and Families | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Housing | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| U.S. Census | |
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| American Housing Survey | |
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| Other Industry Data | |
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| Price Data | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Housing Crisis | |
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| Homeownership | |
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| Racial Discrimination by Banks | |
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| Geographic Units | |
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| Segregation | |
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| Is Your City the Best Place to Live? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Health | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| U.S. Health Surveys | |
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| Other Government Surveys | |
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| Private Surveys | |
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| Worldwide Data | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Infant Mortality | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Are We Living Longer? | |
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| How to Measure Longevity | |
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| Cancer | |
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| HIV/AIDS | |
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| Are Americans Getting Fatter? | |
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| Chicago Heat Wave: What Caused the Tragedy? | |
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| What's Unsafe on the Road? Speed, Texting, Teens, Motorcycles, or Alcohol? | |
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| Drug Use | |
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| Benefit-Cost Analysis | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Education | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| National Center for Education Statistics | |
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| U.S. Census Bureau | |
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| Other Surveys | |
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| State Data | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Poor Data | |
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| Educational Attainment | |
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| Testing | |
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| Charter Schools: Are They More Effective Than Regular Public Schools? | |
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| Teacher Compensation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Crime | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Uniform Crime Reports | |
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| National Crime Victimization Survey | |
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| National Incident-Based Reporting System | |
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| Controversies | |
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| UCR, NCVS, or NIBRS? | |
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| Crime Is Down-And We Don't Know Why | |
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| Are There More Female Criminals? | |
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| Human Trafficking: How Often Does It Occur? | |
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| Where Is Crime the Worst? | |
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| Rape | |
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| Does Poverty Cause Crime? | |
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| Why Is the Black Crime Rate So High? | |
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| Does Prison Pay? | |
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| Hate Crimes | |
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| Does Capital Punishment Deter Murder? | |
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| More Guns/More Crime of Less Crime? | |
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| What About White-Collar Crime? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| The National Economy | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| U.S. Commerce Department | |
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| U.S. Labor Department | |
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| U.S. Federal Reserve Board | |
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| U.S. Small Business Administration | |
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| International Statistics | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Which GDP? | |
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| Adjusting GDP Growth for Inflation | |
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| Problems with GDP | |
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| Underground Economy | |
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| Intercountry Comparisons | |
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| Has China Caught Up with the United States? | |
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| Measuring Productivity | |
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| The Savings Rate | |
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| Consumer Confidence | |
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| International Statistics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Wealth, Income, and Poverty | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Wealth | |
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| Survey of Income and Program Participation | |
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| Indirect Estimates from Tax Records | |
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| Direct Counts | |
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| Income | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Wealth | |
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| Income | |
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| Are We Better Off? | |
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| Poverty | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Labor Statistics | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |
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| U.S. Census Bureau | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Unemployment | |
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| The Minimum Wage and Jobs | |
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| Unions | |
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| Is the Workplace Safe? | |
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| Squirrel Cage or Easier Times? | |
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| International Labor Statistics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Business Statistics | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Public Corporations | |
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| Privately Held Corporations | |
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| Small Businesses | |
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| Aggregate Statistics | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Who Is the Biggest of Them All? | |
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| Are the Big Too Big? | |
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| Is Small Beautiful? | |
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| Were the Bailouts a Success? | |
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| How Much Profit? | |
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| How Now Dow? | |
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| Picking Stock Winners | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Government | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| U.S. Budget | |
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| Military Spending | |
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| Money | |
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| Prices | |
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| Voting Data | |
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| Controversies | |
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| How Much for the Military? | |
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| How Much for Welfare? | |
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| How Big Is the Deficit? | |
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| A Debt Monster? | |
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| Taxes | |
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| Measuring Money | |
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| Inflation | |
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| Currency Rates | |
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| Fewer Voters? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Public Opinion Polling | |
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| Data Sources | |
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| Private Polling Organizations | |
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| Media Polls | |
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| Research Centers | |
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| Controversies | |
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| Sampling | |
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| Survey Design | |
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| Predicting Elections | |
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| Polling Standards | |
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| Summary | |
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| Case Study Questions | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Poor/Missing Data | |
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| Improved Data | |
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| Conflicting Definitions | |
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| Comparing Apples and Oranges | |
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| Comparing Apples and Orangutans | |
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| The Mathematics of Social Science Statistics | |
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| The Reporting of Controversies | |
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| Biased Analysis: Slanting the Numbers | |
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| What's a Researcher to Do? | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |