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Data Management through e-Social Science: Case studies, Provision and Support (DAMES)

Grant reference: RES-149-25-1066

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Comparative scaling of educational categories by homogamy : analysis of UK data from the BHPS
Measures of educational qualifications available on social surveys constitute categorical variables which are often difficult to incorporate into statistical analysis. Problems can arise due to the presence of large numbers of categories categories of qualifications with an ambiguous status; the existence and advocacy by different analysts of alternative categorical schemes; and institutional reforms of educational systems which lead to correlations between birth cohort and qualification categories. One common solution is to scale categories according to one or more dimensions, where the dimensions are defined by some external criteria.
http://www.dames.org.uk/docs/tech_papers/DAMES_tp2012-1.pdf
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Author Paul Lambert

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01 January 2012
University of Stirling
22 January 2012
11
Stirling
DAMES node technical paper

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Lambert, Paul Author (2012) Comparative scaling of educational categories by homogamy : analysis of UK data from the BHPS. Stirling: University of Stirling.

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Lambert Paul. Comparative scaling of educational categories by homogamy : analysis of UK data from the BHPS. Stirling: University of Stirling; 2012.