Citation
Guo, Guang (2008). Introduction to the Special Issue on Society and Genetics.
Sociological Methods & Research, 37(2), 159-163.
Abstract
Until recently, while studying individual traits and behaviors such as cognitive development, educational achievement, occupational attainment, mental health, binge drinking, smoking, and illegal drug use, sociologists have either assumed that individuals are the same at birth or have treated the differences across individuals at birth as a black box. When treated as a black box, intrinsic individual differences are typically subsumed by unobserved heterogeneity. Although it is possible to exercise some control over it via statistical methods (e.g., fixed effect models), unobserved heterogeneity is considered generally impenetrable and incomprehensible.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049124108323337Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2008
Journal Title
Sociological Methods & Research
Author(s)
Guo, Guang
ORCiD
Guo - 0000-0002-4465-9881
