Journal article
Social Class Origin and Academic Success Revisited
Sociology of education, Vol.49(2), pp.184-187
04/01/1976
DOI: 10.2307/2112524
Abstract
D. Crane's conclusions that SC origins are related to academic success are based on a X2 test of significance (see SA 1019/E2056). Since the X2 statistic is influenced by sample size, large samples may demonstrate statistical without substantive significance. A more appropriate statistic is Kendall's tauc, an ordinal measure of association. Recalculations of Crane's data lowers the magnitudes of the statistics to an extent that her conclusions are unwarranted for her sample. In addition, some hypotheses are offered to account for the "propensity for American sociologists to exaggerate the effects of social class." In REPLY TO GASTON, WOLINSKY, AND BOHLEBER, Diana Crane (U of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) agrees that a measure of association is appropriate to evaluate her data, but points out several errors is Gaston, Wolinsky, & Bohleber's use of Kendall's tauc. In addition, they overstate her claims for a relationship between SC origin & academic success, & overlook her argument that the relationship has become attenuated by the availability of public education & fellowships. 1 Table. J. N. Mayer.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Social Class Origin and Academic Success Revisited
- Creators
- Jerry GastonFredric WolinskyLarry Bohleber
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Sociology of education, Vol.49(2), pp.184-187
- DOI
- 10.2307/2112524
- ISSN
- 0038-0407
- eISSN
- 1939-8573
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1976
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Record Identifier
- 9984364387002771
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