Samuel Andrew Stouffer

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Samuel Andrew Stouffer (born June 6, 1900 in Sac City , Iowa , † August 24, 1960 ) was an American social psychologist and sociologist and the 43rd President of the American Sociological Association . Stouffer is considered a pioneer of survey research and a classic in military sociology .

After completing a bachelor's degree in Iowa, Stouffer went to Harvard University , where he took his master's degree in 1923 . After working as a journalist, he concentrated on the subject of sociology and received his Ph.D. in 1930 from the University of Chicago. PhD. Already in his dissertation he dealt with the methods of empirical social research . He taught as a professor of sociology and social statistics in Chicago, the University of London and the University of Wisconsin – Madison .

Stouffer designed and directed two large social science surveys. During the Second World War he had half a million American soldiers questioned about their assessments of their position in the military structure. Leonard Slater Cottrell was also involved in this research . In 1954 he had 6,000 US citizens questioned to test their attitude towards deviant behavior . The result confirmed the widespread intolerance of the McCarthy era .

Stouffer served as president of the American Sociological Association in 1953. In 1950 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1952 to the American Philosophical Society .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Paul Felix Lazarsfeld : Research memorandum on the family in the depression . Social Science Research Council, New York 1937.
  • The American Soldier . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1949.
  • Communism, Conformity & Civil Liberties. A Cross Section of the Nation Speaks its Mind . Garden City, New York 1955.
  • Social research to test ideas. Selected writings. Free Press of Glencoe, New York 1962.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ His publication The American Soldier is counted among the main works of sociology, cf. Dirk Kaesler , Ludgera Vogt (ed.): Main works of sociology (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 396). Kröner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-520-39601-7 , pp. 419-422.
  2. ^ Member History: Samuel A. Stouffer. American Philosophical Society, accessed December 28, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Stouffer, Samuel Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stouffer, Samuel A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Sac City , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1960