Sociological Methods & Research

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Volume 54, issue 3, 2025

Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Social Science Research: Measurement, Prompting, and Simulation pp. 775-793

Thomas Davidson and Daniel Karell

From Codebooks to Promptbooks: Extracting Information from Text with Generative Large Language Models pp. 794-848

Oscar Stuhler, Cat Dang Ton and Etienne Ollion

Updating “The Future of Codingâ€: Qualitative Coding with Generative Large Language Models pp. 849-888

Nga Than, Leanne Fan, Tina Law, Laura K. Nelson and Leslie McCall

Generative Multimodal Models for Social Science: An Application with Satellite and Streetscape Imagery pp. 889-932

Tina Law and Elizabeth Roberto

Quantifying Narrative Similarity Across Languages pp. 933-983

Hannah Waight, Solomon Messing, Anton Shirikov, Margaret E. Roberts, Jonathan Nagler, Jason Greenfield, Megan A. Brown, Kevin Aslett and Joshua A. Tucker

Correcting the Measurement Errors of AI-Assisted Labeling in Image Analysis Using Design-Based Supervised Learning pp. 984-1016

Alessandra Rister Portinari Maranca, Jihoon Chung, Musashi Hinck, Adam D. Wolsky, Naoki Egami and Brandon M. Stewart

Simulating Subjects: The Promise and Peril of Artificial Intelligence Stand-Ins for Social Agents and Interactions pp. 1017-1073

Austin C. Kozlowski and James Evans

The Mixed Subjects Design: Treating Large Language Models as Potentially Informative Observations pp. 1074-1109

David Broska, Michael Howes and Austin van Loon

Balancing Large Language Model Alignment and Algorithmic Fidelity in Social Science Research pp. 1110-1155

Alex Lyman, Bryce Hepner, Lisa P. Argyle, Ethan C. Busby, Joshua R. Gubler and David Wingate

Machine Bias. How Do Generative Language Models Answer Opinion Polls?1 pp. 1156-1196

Julien Boelaert, Samuel Coavoux, Étienne Ollion, Ivaylo Petev and Patrick Präg

Generative AI Meets Open-Ended Survey Responses: Research Participant Use of AI and Homogenization pp. 1197-1242

Simone Zhang, Janet Xu and Alvero Aj

Volume 54, issue 2, 2025

Occupational Percentile Rank: A New Method for Constructing a Socioeconomic Index of Occupational Status pp. 355-396

Xi Song and Yu Xie

A Primer on Deep Learning for Causal Inference pp. 397-447

Bernard J. Koch, Tim Sainburg, Pablo Geraldo Bastías, Song Jiang, Yizhou Sun and Jacob G. Foster

High-Dimensional Imputation for the Social Sciences: A Comparison of State-of-The-Art Methods pp. 448-499

Edoardo Costantini, Kyle M. Lang, Tim Reeskens and Klaas Sijtsma

Addressing Non-ignorable Panel Attrition Using External Population Data: Analysis of Demographic Events From Survey Data pp. 500-533

John Ermisch

How Valid Are Trust Survey Measures? New Insights From Open-Ended Probing Data and Supervised Machine Learning pp. 534-564

Camille Landesvatter and Paul C. Bauer

A Tool Kit for Relation Induction in Text Analysis pp. 565-604

Dustin S. Stoltz, Marshall A. Taylor and Jennifer S. K. Dudley

Elucidating the Social – Developing Social Process Tracing as an Integrative Framework pp. 605-645

Jonas Gejl Kaas, Mathilde Cecchini and Derek Beach

Life-Course-Sensitive Analysis of Group Inequalities: Combining Sequence Analysis With the Kitagawa–Oaxaca–Blinder Decomposition pp. 646-705

Carla Rowold, Emanuela Struffolino and Anette Eva Fasang

Comparing Methods for Estimating Demographics in Racially Polarized Voting Analyses pp. 706-738

Ari Decter-Frain, Pratik Sachdeva, Loren Collingwood, Hikari Murayama, Juandalyn Burke, Matt Barreto, Scott Henderson, Spencer Wood and Joshua Zingher

Data Imbalances in Coincidence Analysis: A Simulation Study pp. 739-771

Martyna Daria Swiatczak and Michael Baumgartner

Volume 54, issue 1, 2025

Fieldwork Disrupted: How Researchers Adapt to Losing Access to Field Sites pp. 3-37

Eric W. Schoon

A Method for Estimating Individual Socioeconomic Status of Twitter Users pp. 38-73

Yuanmo He and Milena Tsvetkova

Graphical Causal Models for Survey Inference pp. 74-105

Julian Schuessler and Peter Selb

The Effects of Open-Ended Probes on Closed Survey Questions in Web Surveys pp. 106-139

Patricia Hadler

Lagged Dependent Variable Predictors, Classical Measurement Error, and Path Dependency: The Conditions Under Which Various Estimators are Appropriate pp. 140-172

Anders Holm, Anders Hjorth-Trolle and Robert Andersen

Linear Probability Model Revisited: Why It Works and How It Should Be Specified pp. 173-186

Myoung-jae Lee, Goeun Lee and Jin-young Choi

Biased Processing and Opinion Polarization: Experimental Refinement of Argument Communication Theory in the Context of the Energy Debate pp. 187-236

Sven Banisch and Hawal Shamon

Exploring and Correcting the Bias in the Estimation of the Gini Measure of Inequality pp. 237-274

Juan F. Muñoz, Pablo J. Moya-Fernández and Encarnación à lvarez-Verdejo

Maximizing Utility or Avoiding Losses? Uncovering Decision Rule-Heterogeneity in Sociological Research with an Application to Neighbourhood Choice pp. 275-314

Ulf Liebe, Sander van Cranenburgh and Caspar Chorus

A Generalized Ordered Logit Model to Accommodate Multiple Rating Scales pp. 315-350

Markus Gangl

Volume 53, issue 4, 2024

Concrete Counterfactual Tests for Process Tracing: Defending an Interventionist Potential Outcomes Framework pp. 1591-1628

Rosa W. Runhardt

Improving Fairness in Criminal Justice Algorithmic Risk Assessments Using Optimal Transport and Conformal Prediction Sets pp. 1629-1675

Richard A. Berk, Arun Kumar Kuchibhotla and Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen

Introduction to Neural Transfer Learning With Transformers for Social Science Text Analysis pp. 1676-1752

Sandra Wankmüller

Theoretical Foundations and Limits of Word Embeddings: What Types of Meaning can They Capture? pp. 1753-1793

Alina Arseniev-Koehler

Estimating Causal Effects of Multi-Valued Treatments Accounting for Network Interference: Immigration Policies and Crime Rates pp. 1794-1828

Costanza Tortú, Irene Crimaldi, Fabrizia Mealli and Laura Forastiere

Post-Instrument Bias in Linear Models pp. 1829-1845

Adam N. Glynn, Miguel R. Rueda and Julian Schuessler

Longitudinal QCA: Integrating Time Through Change-Based Intervals (CBIs) and a Flexible Lag Condition (FLC) pp. 1846-1872

Christoph Niessen

The Impact of Survey Mode Design and Questionnaire Length on Measurement Quality pp. 1873-1904

Alexandru Cernat, Joseph Sakshaug, Pablo Christmann and Tobias Gummer

Modeling the Bias of Digital Data: An Approach to Combining Digital With Official Statistics to Estimate and Predict Migration Trends pp. 1905-1943

Yuan Hsiao, Lee Fiorio, Jonathan Wakefield and Emilio Zagheni

Inter-Rater Reliability Methods in Qualitative Case Study Research pp. 1944-1975

Rosanna Cole

The Effects of Omitting Components in a Multilevel Model With Social Network Effects pp. 1976-2018

Thomas Suesse, David Steel and Mark Tranmer

Multiple imputation of partially observed covariates in discrete-time survival analysis pp. 2019-2045

Anna-Carolina Haensch, Jonathan Bartlett and Bernd Weiß

Volume 53, issue 3, 2024

Do Quantitative and Qualitative Research Reflect two Distinct Cultures? An Empirical Analysis of 180 Articles Suggests “no†pp. 1035-1070

David Kuehn and Ingo Rohlfing

A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls pp. 1071-1104

Carlos Cinelli, Andrew Forney and Judea Pearl

A Comparison of Three Popular Methods for Handling Missing Data: Complete-Case Analysis, Inverse Probability Weighting, and Multiple Imputation pp. 1105-1135

Roderick J. Little, James R. Carpenter and Katherine J. Lee

Attendance, Completion, and Heterogeneous Returns to College: A Causal Mediation Approach pp. 1136-1166

Xiang Zhou

The Augmented Social Scientist: Using Sequential Transfer Learning to Annotate Millions of Texts with Human-Level Accuracy pp. 1167-1200

Salomé Do, Étienne Ollion and Rubing Shen

A Bayesian Semi-Parametric Approach for Modeling Memory Decay in Dynamic Social Networks pp. 1201-1251

Giuseppe Arena, Joris Mulder and Roger Th. A.J. Leenders

A Sample Size Formula for Network Scale-up Studies pp. 1252-1289

Nathaniel Josephs, Dennis M. Feehan and Forrest W. Crawford

Comparing Egocentric and Sociocentric Centrality Measures in Directed Networks pp. 1290-1318

Weihua An

The Design and Optimality of Survey Counts: A Unified Framework Via the Fisher Information Maximizer pp. 1319-1349

Xin Guo and Qiang Fu

The Additional Effects of Adaptive Survey Design Beyond Post-Survey Adjustment: An Experimental Evaluation pp. 1350-1383

Shiyu Zhang and James Wagner

Sequential On-Device Multitasking within Online Surveys: A Data Quality and Response Behavior Perspective pp. 1384-1411

Jean Philippe Décieux

Measuring Class Hierarchies in Postindustrial Societies: A Criterion and Construct Validation of EGP and ESEC Across 31 Countries pp. 1412-1452

Oscar Smallenbroek, Florian R. Hertel and Carlo Barone

Assessing the Impact of the Great Recession on the Transition to Adulthood pp. 1453-1490

Guanglei Hong and Ha-Joon Chung

Improving Estimates Accuracy of Voter Transitions. Two New Algorithms for Ecological Inference Based on Linear Programming pp. 1491-1533

Jose M. Pavía and Rafael Romero

Image Clustering: An Unsupervised Approach to Categorize Visual Data in Social Science Research pp. 1534-1587

Han Zhang and Yilang Peng

Corrigendum to “Individual Components of Three Inequality Measures for Analyzing Shapes of Inequality†pp. NP1-NP1

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Volume 53, issue 2, 2024

The Gap-Closing Estimand: A Causal Approach to Study Interventions That Close Disparities Across Social Categories pp. 507-570

Ian Lundberg

Estimation and sensitivity analysis for causal decomposition in health disparity research pp. 571-602

Soojin Park, Xu Qin and Chioun Lee

A Joint Model for Longitudinal and Time-to-event Data in Social and Life Course Research: Employment Status and Time to Retirement pp. 603-638

Jolien Cremers, Laust Hvas Mortensen and Claus Thorn Ekstrøm

Moving Beyond Linear Regression: Implementing and Interpreting Quantile Regression Models With Fixed Effects pp. 639-682

Fernando Rios-Avila and Michelle Lee Maroto

Recurrent Multinomial Models for Categorical Sequences pp. 683-728

Michael Schultz

Iteration in Mixed-Methods Research Designs Combining Experiments and Fieldwork 1, 2 pp. 729-759

Verónica Pérez Bentancur and Lucía Tiscornia

An Empirical Comparison of Four Generalized Trust Scales: Test–Retest Reliability, Measurement Invariance, Predictive Validity, and Replicability pp. 760-803

Blaine G. Robbins

The Potential for Using a Shortened Version of the Everyday Discrimination Scale in Population Research with Young Adults: A Construct Validation Investigation pp. 804-838

Aprile D. Benner, Shanting Chen, Celeste C. Fernandez and Mark D. Hayward

In Search of a Comparable Measure of Generalized Individual Religiosity in the World Values Survey pp. 839-871

Alisa Remizova, Maksim Rudnev and Eldad Davidov

Comparing Single- and Multiple-Question Designs of Measuring Family Income in China Family Panel Studies pp. 872-897

Qiong Wu and Liping Gu

Do Different Devices Perform Equally Well with Different Numbers of Scale Points and Response Formats? A test of measurement invariance and reliability pp. 898-939

Natalja Menold and Vera Toepoel

Visual Design and Cognition in List-Style Open-Ended Questions in Web Probing pp. 940-967

Katharina Meitinger and Tanja Kunz

Abductive Coding: Theory Building and Qualitative (Re)Analysis pp. 968-1001

Luis Vila-Henninger, Claire Dupuy, Virginie Van Ingelgom, Mauro Caprioli, Ferdinand Teuber, Damien Pennetreau, Margherita Bussi and Cal Le Gall

Social Encounters and the Worlds Beyond: Putting Situationalism to Work for Qualitative Interviews pp. 1002-1032

Anders Vassenden and Marte Mangset

Volume 53, issue 1, 2024

Using Inverse Probability Weighting to Address Post-Outcome Collider Bias pp. 5-27

Richard Breen and John Ermisch

Bounding Causes of Effects With Mediators pp. 28-56

Philip Dawid, Macartan Humphreys and Monica Musio

A Robustness Test Protocol for Applied QCA: Theory and R Software Application pp. 57-88

Ioana-Elena Oana and Carsten Q. Schneider

The Living Codebook: Documenting the Process of Qualitative Data Analysis pp. 89-120

Victoria Reyes, Elizabeth Bogumil and Levin Elias Welch

Participant Observation, Observant Participation, and Hybrid Ethnography pp. 121-152

Josh Seim

Mobilizing the Masses: Measuring Resource Mobilization on Twitter pp. 153-192

Amir Abdul Reda, Semuhi Sinanoglu and Mohamed Abdalla

Updating a Time-Series of Survey Questions: The Case of Abortion Attitudes in the General Social Survey pp. 193-234

Sarah K. Cowan, Michael Hout and Stuart Perrett

Method Bias Mechanisms and Procedural Remedies pp. 235-278

Minghui Yao and Yunjie (Calvin) Xu

The Effect of Question Positioning on Data Quality in Web Surveys pp. 279-295

Cornelia Eva Neuert

Self-protecting responses in randomized response designs: A survey on intimate partner violence during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic pp. 296-327

Fabiola Reiber, Donna Bryce and Rolf Ulrich

A New Approach to Detecting Cheating in Sensitive Surveys: The Cheating Detection Triangular Model pp. 328-368

Julia Meisters, Adrian Hoffmann and Jochen Musch

A Rolling Panel Model of Cohort, Period, and Aging Effects for the Analysis of the General Social Survey pp. 369-420

Stephen L. Morgan and Jiwon Lee

How (Not) to Control for Population Size in Ecological Analyses pp. 421-447

Benjamin Rohr and John Levi Martin

Multiple Group Comparisons of the Fixed and Random Effects From the Generalized Linear Mixed Model pp. 448-504

Daniel Kasper, Katrin Schulz-Heidorf and Knut Schwippert