The Charitable Choice provisions of federal welfare reform law encourage states to involve community and faith-based organizations in providing welfare services to the needy. This study examined how state and local officials understand and apply these provisions. The authors note that the level...

The National Science Foundation is charged with supporting and strengthening our nation's science and engineering workforce. NSF research awards play a key role in this process by sustaining the nation's academic research enterprise and providing educational and training opportunities for the...

Looks at the advantages of using a different number of weighting cells or propensity scores to adjust for nonresponse in the Community Tracking Study physician survey. Finds a large difference between the two methods in their ability to reduce bias and produce variation in weights.

Summarizes the history of the acceptance of estimates based on sampling techniques in the U.S. legal system, and reviews one case where experts disagreed on the reliability of this type of estimate.

Presented at the Nordic Social Science Conference, August 16-17, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Presentation for the Eleventh GSS Methodology Conference in London, England.

Social network analysis, a methodological approach to measuring and mapping relationships, can be used to study whole networks, all of the ties within a defined group, or connections that individuals have in their personal communities. This brief introduces the concepts behind SNA and...