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Researched analysis, using the full range of conceptual & analytical tools developed by various disciplines, can be contrasted with quick analysis, a different approach. Quick analysis was developed in a basic course in analytical methods to give students a grasp of the essentials of analytical thinking. It involves thinking about a problem, decomposing it into components, simplifying by discarding nonessential factors, specifying elements with data sources or judgment, & rethinking all these steps on the basis of sensitivity consideration. The methods of quick analysis in approaching such problems are those appropriate to busy decisionmakers, thus introducing decision analysis & a decision-oriented perspective. A dynamically iterative approach is used, aiming to teach essentials rather than techniques, & to build up student confidence for real decision situations. Failure to convey these essentials makes analysis more sophisticated but may also render it meaningless. W. H. Stoddard.

This book is designed to be an introduction to cluster analysis for those with no background and for those who need an up-to-date and systematic guide through the maze of concepts, techniques, and algorithms associated with the clustering data. The authors begin by discussing measures of similarity, the input needed to perform any clustering analysis. They note varying theoretical meanings of the concept and discuss the set of empirical measures most commonly used to measure similarity. Various methods for actually identifying the clusters are then described. Finally, they discuss procedures for validating the adequacy of a cluster analysis. At all points, the differing concepts and techniques are compared and evaluated

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Problems of Sociological Analysis -- 2 Weber's Ideas on the Analysis of Rationality and Its Effects on Modern Society -- 3 Pareto's Analysis of Sentiments and Tradition in Society -- 4 Comparative Analysis of Weber and Pareto -- 5 Mannheim and Social Conditioning of Knowledge -- 6 Parsons's 'Theoretical' Sociology and the Solution of the Problem of Order in Society -- 7 Merton and Bendix: Generalizations of Limited Range and Comparative Study of Societies -- 8 Dahrendorf: Conflict as a Reorientation of Sociological Analysis or a Substitute 'Grand' Theory -- 9 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.