TEACHSOC: Re: Question about microcase texts (was Re: TEACHSOC: Re: Honors Intro

[Del Thomas Ph. D.]

James If you tell any one what I have said ....... :-) I purchased several copies of several texts and also the microcase and the curriculum plan.....  This was a few years ago and I continued to  use them without a password problem...  perhaps the key is that I purchased them.... had them sent to the college.... they belonged to me.  The students used them in groups. I got a faculty discount..   Having the college purchase them would have been a lengthy unbureaucratic process. Having the students purchase them from the book store would have been worse.  This of course would vary from school to school. I knew the pages were perforated and would come out.  I put the assignments on list and also modified the exercises so the books became the base and could not be used.  Having the curriculum plan can make a big difference.  The perforation would become a problem with even minimal use.  The students worked the materials over.... they had to construct their own tables for the assignment...... which were open ended. Del James Cassell wrote: I have a mundane question about these Microcase texts. My desk copy includes a time-limited password for downloading the microcase software from the web. Do you know if there's any way to get a new password for a used copy of the text? Seems like this system would lock students into buying a new text so they can get a password to download the software. Thanks, James -----Original Message----- From: Jay Livingston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mar 10, 2006 10:03 AM To: Teaching Sociology <teachsoc@googlegroups.com> Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: Honors Intro Barkan's book is not the only Microcase-equipped volume. The same publisher offers books in substantive areas with much of the same data. They all have GSS data and select many of the same variables. The Criminology book includes a college survey with variables on drinking and drug use. The Social Welfare book has data by counties as well as states and has advanced statistics like logistic regression and factor analysis, while most have only basic statistical techniques like cross-tab and scatterplot/regression. Jay Livingston Montclair State University ------ James Cassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---