Chapter 1: Getting Started: Social Research, Data Sets, and Frequency Distributions Chapter 2: Theory and Research: The Scientific Method Chapter 3: Describing the Sample, Types of Variables, and Data Sets Chapter 4: Culture: What Do Americans Value? Chapter 5: A Controversy in Values: Attitudes About Abortion Chapter 6: Socialization: What Kinds of Children Do Americans Want? Chapter 7: Crime: Fear, Law Enforcement, and Punishment Chapter 8: Inequality and Social Class in the United States Chapter 9: Inequality and Gender Chapter 10: Inequality and Race Chapter 11: The Family Institution: Forms and Functions Chapter 12: The Political Institution in the United States: Support for Civil Liberties, Presidential Choice, and the Gender Gap