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Investigating cognitive skill use in work environments and the connection to literacy and numeracy proficiencies : analysis of incarcerated and household adults
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The article was published on 2019-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 16 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Numeracy & Literacy.read more
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
TL;DR: Bourdieu as mentioned in this paper presents a combination of social theory, statistical data, illustrations, and interviews, Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judg..., which is a collection of interviews with Bourdieu.
Introduction To Robust Estimation And Hypothesis Testing
TL;DR: This introduction to robust estimation and hypothesis testing helps people to enjoy a good book with a cup of coffee in the afternoon, instead they cope with some harmful bugs inside their laptop.
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The Rise of Women: The Growing Gender Gap in Education and What It Means for American Schools
TL;DR: DiPrete and Buchmann as mentioned in this paper argue that social movements are the key to democratic reform, and that public officials are often indifferent or skeptical about state-originated democratic innovations.
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The mark of a criminal record
TL;DR: The authors found that ex-offenders are one-half to one-third as likely to receive initial consideration from employers relative to equivalent applicants without criminal records, and that even blacks without a criminal record fare no better-and perhaps worse than do whites with criminal records.
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Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of social capital is introduced and illustrated, its forms are described, the social structural conditions under which it arises are examined, and it is used in an analys...
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
TL;DR: In this article, a social critic of the judgement of taste is presented, and a "vulgar" critic of 'pure' criticiques is proposed to counter this critique.
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The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
TL;DR: The authors discusses the central role of propensity scores and balancing scores in the analysis of observational studies and shows that adjustment for the scalar propensity score is sufficient to remove bias due to all observed covariates.
Forms of Capital
TL;DR: The notion of capital is a force inscribed in objective or subjective structures, but it is also a lex insita, the principle underlying the immanent regularities of the social world as mentioned in this paper, which is what makes the games of society, not least the economic game, something other than simple simple games of chance offering at every moment the possibility of a miracle.
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Foundations of Social Theory
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