Quantitative Methods and the Analysis of Social Change: A Case Study
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Journal of Anthropological Research
- Vol. 36 (2) , 231-244
- https://doi.org/10.1086/jar.36.2.3629478
Abstract
Data on 192 sons of 142 fathers in a population of East African Sikhs are analyzed to show cross-generational patterns of social change. The method of log-linear nested hierarchies is applied, which permits us to conclude that social change in this group takes the form of caste-determined occupational mobility. Of wider significance is the demonstration that relatively uncomplicated quantitative methods can add materially to the strength of the conclusions.Keywords
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