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Heredity, Family, and Inequality : a Critique of Social Sciences / Michael Beenstock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [(c)2012.]Description: 1 online resource (viii, 474 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0262301385
  • 9780262301381
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BF341
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Contents:
Chapter 1. The Apple and the Tree: Galton Revisited Chapter 2. Correlation with in the Family Chapter 3. Theory: What Explains the Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations? Chapter 4. Inequality, Diversity, and Family Chapter 5. Empirical Methodology Chapter 6. Empirical Knowledge on the Causes of Correlations within the Family Chapter 7. Where Do We Go from Here? Chapter 8. Statistics Chapter 9. Parenting Theory and Child Behavior Chapter 10. Empirical Methodology.
Summary: Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understanding these correlations.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Chapter 1. The Apple and the Tree: Galton Revisited Chapter 2. Correlation with in the Family Chapter 3. Theory: What Explains the Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations? Chapter 4. Inequality, Diversity, and Family Chapter 5. Empirical Methodology Chapter 6. Empirical Knowledge on the Causes of Correlations within the Family Chapter 7. Where Do We Go from Here? Chapter 8. Statistics Chapter 9. Parenting Theory and Child Behavior Chapter 10. Empirical Methodology.

Empirical literature in disciplines ranging from behavioural genetics to economics shows that in virtually every aspect of life the outcomes of children are correlated to a greater or lesser extent with the outcomes of their parents. Beenstock offers theoretical and methodological tools for understanding these correlations.

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