Background
Otis Duncan was born on December 2, 1921, in Nocona, Texas, United States.
Otis Dudley Duncan's portrait.
Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
Otis Duncan received his Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1942.
5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
After the war, Otis Duncan completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1949.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
Otis Dudley Duncan earned his Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University in 1941.
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States
Otis Dudley Duncan earned his Bachelor of Arts from Louisiana State University in 1941.
Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
Otis Duncan received his Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1942.
5801 S Ellis Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, United States
After the war, Otis Duncan completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1949.
https://www.amazon.com/Social-characteristics-urban-rural-communities/dp/0846217635
1950
https://www.amazon.com/Negro-population-Chicago-residential-succession/dp/B0006AUXPQ/?tag=2022091-20
1957
https://www.amazon.com/Metropolis-Region-Urban-Regional-Economics-ebook/dp/B00GXBBPBI/?tag=2022091-20
1960
(The foundation of this volume is the notion that the seve...)
The foundation of this volume is the notion that the several processes of change constituting economic and social development are systematically interrelated. Various papers explore the economic, religious and psychological basis of social mobility, concluding with the inquiry into the consequences of rapid mobility, especially in terms of the political stability of developing nations. Because social mobility is a central consideration in any study of economic and social change, every student of change will use this pioneering reference source as a text for all future research.
https://www.amazon.com/Social-Structure-Mobility-Economic-Development-ebook/dp/B07D3WJFMX/?tag=2022091-20
1966
(This book is the classic source of empirical information ...)
This book is the classic source of empirical information on the patterns of occupational achievement in American society. Based on an unusually comprehensive set of data, it is renowned for its pioneering methods of statistical analysis as well as for its far-reaching conclusions about social stratification and occupational mobility in the United States. The American Occupational Structure received the Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association in recognition of its significant contribution to the social sciences.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Occupational-Structure-Peter-Blau/dp/0471080357/?tag=2022091-20
1967
(Causal models are formal theories stating the relationshi...)
Causal models are formal theories stating the relationships between precisely defined variables and have become an indispensable tool of the social scientist. This collection of articles is a coursebook on the causal modeling approach to theory construction and data analysis. H. M. Blalock, Jr. summarizes the then-current developments in causal model utilization in sociology, political science, economics, and other disciplines. This book provides a comprehensive multidisciplinary picture of the work on causal models. It seeks to address the problem of measurement in the social sciences and to link theory and research through the development of causal models.
https://www.amazon.com/Causal-Models-Social-Sciences-Blalock-ebook/dp/B074VCS6JC/?tag=2022091-20
1971
(This book, a sequel to Blau and Duncan's landmark study, ...)
This book, a sequel to Blau and Duncan's landmark study, "The American Occupational Structure," presents a demographic study of how - and to what degree - social and economic status is transmitted from one generation to another.
https://www.amazon.com/Socioeconomic-Background-Achievement-Studies-Population/dp/0128237503/?tag=2022091-20
1972
https://www.amazon.com/Social-change-metropolitan-community-Dudley/dp/087154217X/?tag=2022091-20
1973
(Introduction to Structural Equation Models prepares the r...)
Introduction to Structural Equation Models prepares the reader to understand the recent sociological literature on the use of structural equation models in research and discusses methodological questions pertaining to such models. The material in the first seven chapters is almost entirely standard, with the remaining four introducing progressively more open-ended issues, seducing the reader into beginning to think for himself about the properties of models or even to suggest problems that may intrigue the advanced student.
https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Structural-Equation-Studies-Population-ebook/dp/B01E549BZQ/?tag=2022091-20
1973
https://www.amazon.com/Notes-Social-Measurement-Historical-Hardcover/dp/B010WIH7LO/?tag=2022091-20
1984
Otis Duncan was born on December 2, 1921, in Nocona, Texas, United States.
With his Bachelor of Arts earned from Louisiana State University in 1941, Otis Duncan went on to receive his Master of Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1942 before serving in the United States Army during World War II. After the war, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1949.
Brief teaching jobs at Pennsylvania State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison was followed by a longer period spent at the University of Chicago. Here, Duncan was a Professor of Sociology in the early 1950s and a Professor of Human Ecology in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He also served as Associate Director of Chicago Community Inventory in the early 1950s and Associate Director of Population Research and Training Center from 1953 to 1956. From 1962 until 1973, he was on the faculty at the University of Michigan, where he taught Sociology and directed the Population Studies Center from 1967 to 1968.
Duncan then moved to Tucson to teach at the University of Arizona from 1973 until 1983, spending the last years of his academic career at the University of California at Santa Barbara, until he retired in 1987. As a Researcher, Duncan was interested in using statistical analysis to study populations and social trends. He was particularly interested in finding out how important it is in determining one's own future success to have a parent who is well educated and of high social standing. He discovered that parents' schooling only partially influences how well their children do in school, a finding he discussed in The American Occupational Structure, written with Peter Blau. In other research, Duncan also found that it is more difficult for African Americans to pass down their social gains to their children than it is for White Americans. Social status was also a concern of Duncan's in other books he wrote or co-authored, including Occupations and Social Status and Socioeconomic Background and Achievement. Among his many other books is The Negro Population of Chicago, An Examination of the Problem of Optimum City Size, and Notes on Social Measurement.
Otis Dunkan is considered to be one of the most important and influential sociologists in history. His 1967 book, co-authored with Peter Blau and Andrea Tyree, The American Occupational Structure, described a large national survey on social mobility and had a great impact on the sociological community.
(Introduction to Structural Equation Models prepares the r...)
1973(This book, a sequel to Blau and Duncan's landmark study, ...)
1972(Causal models are formal theories stating the relationshi...)
1971(The foundation of this volume is the notion that the seve...)
1966(This book is the classic source of empirical information ...)
1967
