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Thursday, 26 September 2013

RIP standards in British empirical sociology

Hat tip to Mike Savage at Stratification and Culture Research Network for his rapid  and candid response to our questions about the Great British Class Survey data.

I'm rendered, temporarily, speechless by the implications of the answer to our second question.
Posted by Colin at 00:58

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