TESTING A FORMAL THEORY OF IMAGES OF STRATIFICATION: A PROPOSAL FOR A RESEARCH DESIGN

• Authors: Karpinski Zbigniew
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The objective of this paper is to propose a design for empirical tests of Fararo and Kosaka's theory of images of stratification. The theory provides formal and axiomatic explanation of how popular perceptions of social structure emerge out of ordinary social interaction as its by-product, and the research design described in this paper makes use of the factorial survey technique, also called vignette analysis to test some consequences derived from that theory. Vignettes are descriptions of fictitious persons, but they can refer to other entities as well. A number of such vignettes are presented to respondents, whose task is to assess them in terms of a criterion indicated by a researcher.

Keywords

EN

FARARO-KOSAKA THEORY; IMAGES OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION; LOCATION IN STRATIFIED SYSTEM; SCOPE CONDITIONS; VIGNETTE ANALYSIS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: ASK. Research and Methods
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 97-122
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Karpinski Zbigniew

• Zbigniew Karpinski, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-220 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA073519