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課程資訊

課程名稱

高等社會研究統計方法
Advanced Statistical Methods for Social Research

開課學期

110-2

授課對象

生物資源暨農學院生物產業傳播暨發展學研究所

授課教師

謝雨生

課號

BICD7128

課程識別碼

630 M1090

班次

學分

3.0

全/半年

半年

必/選修

選修

上課時間

星期三2,3,4(9:10~12:10)

上課地點

生傳418室

備註

進階研究方法，需先修過社會科學量化研究方法（研究所課程）
總人數上限：30人
外系人數限制：10人

Ceiba 課程網頁

http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1102BICD7128_

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課程概述

Multilevel Analysis
Structural Equation Models
Event History Analysis

課程目標

實際掌握高等社會研究統計技術，並能用以引導研究發想。

課程要求

1.每個統計分析方法單元都有實際資料分析的作業。每位上課同學都要依據作業時間與作業內容按時繳交作業。除了在課堂上繳交作業紙本外，同學亦必須在上課前一天凌晨12點前，將該次作業的電子檔（pdf檔）上傳至本課程網站(ceiba)，才算作業繳交完畢。
2.所有上課的同學都需要按照進度課前閱讀指定的專書或研究論文，並於上課時繳交研究論文的閱讀紀要。紀要內容為依序回答下列十項問題，頁數不限，請使用中文書寫。除了在課堂上繳交作業紙本外，同學亦必須在上課前一天凌晨12點前，將該次作業的電子檔上傳至本課程網站(ceiba)，才算作業繳交完畢。
(1). 作者為什麼要進行這個研究？
(2). 研究的問題和研究目的分別是什麼？
(3). 作者選擇了哪些詮釋理論？這些理論的大致內容如何？
(4). 研究的主要假設有哪些？
(5). 研究的樣本和資料來源如何？
(6). 研究的重要變項有哪些？(請區分依變項、核心自變項和控制變項)
(7). 作者採用哪些統計分析方法來處理研究資料？
(8). 此研究有哪些重要研究發現？
(9). 你對這篇研究整體的評論如何？
(10). 你對這篇論文閱讀後的心得。
3. 上課同學要參與課堂的報告提問和討論。
4. 期末考為 one-week take-home exam。
5. 課程成績計算：平時作業50%，期末考佔50%。
所有課程要求的作業一定要親自作，不能假手他人，或是抄襲他人的作業；不遵守者，本課程成績以不及格處理。

預期每週課後學習時數

Office Hours

指定閱讀

待補

參考書目

Multilevel Analysis

Readings:
1. Gonalons-Ponsa, Pilar and Markus Gangl
2021 “Marriage and Masculinity: Male-Breadwinner Culture, Unemployment,
and Separation Risk in 29 Countries.” American Sociological Review
86(3): 465–502.

Reference:
1. Cornwell, Erin York and Alyssa W. Goldman
2020 “Neighborhood Disorder and Distress in Real time: Evidence from a Smartphone-
based Study of Older Adults.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 61(4): 523-
541.
2. Hargrove, Taylor W.
2018 “BMI Trajectories in Adulthood: The Intersection of Skin Color, Gender, and
Age among African Americans.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 59(4): 501-
519.
3. Glass, Jennifer, Matthew A. Andersson, and Robin W. Simon
2017 “Parenthood and Happiness: Effects of Work-Family Reconciliation Policies in
22 OECD Countries.” American Journal of Sociology 122(3): 886-929.
4. Brown, Tyson H., Liana J. Richardson, Taylor W. Hargrove, and Courtney S.
Thomas
2016 “Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to
Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender,
SES, and Age.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(2): 200-222.
5. Vuolo, Mike, Joy Kadowaki, and Brian C. Kelly
2016 “A Multilevel Test of Constrained Choices Theory: The Case of Tobacco Clean
Air Restrictions.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(3): 351-372.
6. Bamoran, Adam, Sarah Barfels, and Ana Cristina Collares
2016 “Does Racial Isolation in School Lead to Long-Term Disadvantages? Labor
Market Consequences of High School Racial Composition.” American Journal of
Sociology 121(4): 1116-67.
7. Musick, Kelly, Ann Meier, and Sarah Flood
2016 “How Parents Fare: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Subjective Well-Being in Time with
Children.” American Sociological Review 81(5): 1069-1095.
8. South, Scott J, Ying Huang, Amy Spring, and Kyle Crowder
2016 “Neighborhood Attainment over the Adult Life Course.” American Sociological
Review 81(6): 1276-1304.
9. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo
2015 “Lifetime Socioeconomic Status, Historical Context, and Genetic Inheritance
in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood.” American Sociological Review
80:705-737.
10. Hughes, Melanie M. and Lisa D. Brush
2015 “The Price of Protection: A Trajectory Analysis of Civil Remedies for Abuse
and Women’s Earnings.” American Sociological Review 80:140-165.
11. Brady, David, Regina S. Baker, and Ryan Finnigan
2013 “When Unionization Disappears: State-Level Unionization and Working Poverty
in the United States.” American Sociological Review 78:872-896.
12. Young, Marisa and Blair Wheaton
2013 “The Impact of Neighborhood Composition on Work-Family Conflict and
Distress.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 54:481-497.
13. Lyness, Karen S., Janet C. Gornick, Pamela Stone, and Angela R. Grotto
2012 “It’s All about Control: Worker Control over Schedule and Hours in Cross-
National Context." American Sociological Review 77: 1023-1049.
14. Schafer, Markus H., Kenneth F. Ferraro, and Sarah A. Mustillo
2011 “Children of Misfortune: Early Adversity and Cumulative Inequality in
Perceived Life Trajectories." American Journal of Sociology 116: 1053-1091.

Readings for Methods
1. Raudenbush, Stephen W. and Anthony Bryk S.
2001 Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods. CA: Sage.
2. Snijders, Tom A. B. and Roel Bosker
2011 Multilevel Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Multilevel
Modeling. London: Sage.
3. Raudenbush, Stephen W., Anthony S. Bryk, Yuk Fai Cheong, Richard T.
Congdon, Jr., and Mathilda du Toit
2011 HLM7: Hierarchical Linear and Nonlinear Modeling. IL: Scientific Software
International.
4. Singer, Judith D.
1998 “Using SAS PROC MIXED to Fit Multilevel Models, Hierarchical Models, and
Individual Growth Models.” Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 24:
323-355.
5. Campbell, Lorne and Deborah A. Kashy
2002 “Estimating actor, partner, and interaction effects for dyadic data using
PROC MIXED and HLM: A user-friendly guide.” Personal Relationships 9: 327-342.
6. Muthen, Linda K. and Bengt O. Muthen
2010 Mplus User’s Guide. CA: Muthen & Muthen
7. Singer, Judith D. and John B. Willett
2003 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence. NY:
Oxford University Press.

Structural Equation Models

Readings:
1. Sarah A. Mustillo , Miao Li, Patricia Morton , and Kenneth F. Ferraro
2021 “Early Origins of Body Mass in Later Life: Examining Childhood Risks
and Adult Pathways.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
62(2) 152–169.

Reference:
1. Upenieks, Laura and Markus H. Schafer
2020 “Religious Attendance and Physical Health in Later Life: A Life Course
Approach. The Cultural-Cognitive Mapping of Scientific Professions.” Journal of
Health and Social Behavior 61(4): 486-502.
2. Gauchat, Gordon and Kenneth T. Andrews
2018 “The Cultural-Cognitive Mapping of Scientific Professions.” American
Sociological Review 83(3): 567-595.
3. Beam, Christopher R., Diana Dinescu, Robert Emery, and Eric Trukheimer
2017 “A Twin Study on Perceived Stress, Depressive Symptoms, and Marriage.”
Journal of Health and Social Behavior 58(1):37-53.
4. Fothergill, Kate, et al.
2016 “Pathways from Early Childhood Adversity to Later Adult Drug Use and
Psychological Distress: A Prospective Study of a Cohort of African Americans.”
Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(2):223-239.
5. Kane, Jennifer
2015 “An Integrative Model of Inter-and Intragenerational Preconception Processes
Influencing Birthweight in the United States.” Journal of Health and Social
Behavior 56:246-261.
6. Burt, Callie Harbin, Ronald L. Simons, and Frederick X. Gibbons
2012 "Racial Discrimination, Ethnic-Racial Socialization, and Crime: A Micro-
sociological Model of Risk and Resilience" American Sociological Review 77: 648-
677.
7. Soehl, Thomas and Roger Waldinger
2012 "Inheriting the Homeland? Intergenerational Transmission of Cross-Border Ties
in Migrant Families" American Journal of Sociology 118: 778-813.

Readings for Methods:
1. Rex B. Kline
2010 Principles and Practice of Structural Equation Modeling. NY: Guilford.
2. Bollen, Kenneth A.
1989 Structural Equations with Latent Variables. NY: Wiley.
3. Schumacker, Randall E. and Richard G. Lomax
2010 A Beginner's Guide to Structural Equation Modeling. NY: Routledge Academic.
4. Joreskog, K.G. and D. Sorbom
2001 LISREL 8 user's reference guide. IL: Scientific Software International.

Event History Analysis

Readings: (2選1)
1. Heiberger, Raphael H., Sebastian Munon-Najar Galvez, and Daniel A.
McFarland
2021 “Facets of Specialization and Its Relation to Career Success: An Analysis
of U.S. Sociology, 1980-2015.” American Sociological Review
86(6): 1164-1192.
2. Morton, Patricia M and Kenneth F. Ferraro
2020 “Early Social Origins of Biological Risks for Men and Women in Later Life.”
Journal of Health and Social Behavior 61(4):503-522.

Reference:
1. Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather H. Gatney, and Jamie
Budnick
2018 “The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Pregnancy during
the Transition to Adulthood.”American Sociological Review 83(5):1020-1047.
2. Warner, Tarak D., David F. Warner, and Danielle C. Kuhl
2017 “Cut to the Quick: The Consequences of Youth Violent Victimization for the
Timing of Dating Debut and First Union Formation.” American Sociological Review
82(6):1241-1271.
3. Dokshin, Fedor A.
2016 “Whose Backyard and What’s at Issue? Spatial and Ideological Dynamics of
Local Opposition to Fracking in New York State, 2010 to 2013.” American
Sociological Review 81(5):921-948.
4. Goldberg, Amir, Sameer B. Srivastava, V. Govind Manian, William Monroe,
and Christopher Potts
2016 “Fitting In or Standing Out? The Tradeoffs of Structural and Cultural
Embeddedness.” American Sociological Review 81(6):1190-1222.
5. Jennings, Elyse A., William G. Axinn, and Dirgha J. Ghimire
2012 "The Effect of Parents’ Attitudes on Sons’ Marriage Timing" American
Sociological Review 77: 923-945.
6. Zheng, Hui and Patricia A. Thomas
2013 "Marital Status, Self-Rated Health, and Mortality: Overestimation of Health
or Diminishing Protection of Marriage?" Journal of Health and Social Behavior
54(1): 128-143.

Readings for Methods:
1. Kleinbaum, David G. and Mitchel Klein
2011 Survival Analysis: A Self-Learning Text. NY: Springer.
2. Box-Steffensmerier, Janet M. and Bradford S. Jones
2004 Event History Modeling: A Guide for Social Scientists. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
3. Allison, Paul D.
2010 Survival Analysis Using the SAS System: A Practical Guide. NC: SAS
Publishing.
4. Yamaguchi, Kazuo
1991 Event History Analysis. CA: SAGE.
5. Singer, Judith D. and John B. Willett
2003 Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence. NY:
Oxford University Press.

評量方式
(僅供參考)

No.	項目	百分比	說明
1.	平時作業	50%
2.	期末考	50%

課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
第1週	2/16	Introduction to Class
第2週	2/23	Multilevel Analysis 1
第3週	3/02	Multilevel Analysis 2
第4週	3/09	Multilevel Analysis 3
第5週	3/16	Multilevel Analysis 4
第6週	3/23	Multilevel Analysis 5 Discussion for Readings on Multilevel Analysis
第7週	3/30	Structural Equation Models 1
第8週	4/06	Structural Equation Models 2
第9週	4/13	Structural Equation Models 3
第10週	4/20	Structural Equation Models 4
第11週	4/27	Structural Equation Models 5
第12週	5/04	Structural Equation Models 6 Discussion for Readings on Structural Equation Models
第13週	5/11	Event History Analysis 1
第14週	5/18	Event History Analysis 2
第15週	5/25	Event History Analysis 3 (Final Exam begins)
第16週	6/01	Event History Analysis 4
第17週	6/08	Event History Analysis 5
第18週	6/15	Discussion for Readings on Event History Analysis