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Hi,
I'm planning a graduate course in secondary analysis. The students for whom the
course is planned take part in the following programs: organizational sociology,
organizational psychology, and general sociology or anthropology.
The course will include three parts:
             1. theoretical approaches to secondary analysis
             2. empirical uses of secondary analysis
             3. workshop in the use of secondary analysis
The first part will be based on various books, the most important of which is
Herbert H. Hyman's old book (1972) on the secondary analysis of sample surveys.
To my disappointment, most recent books on the topic spend much more space on
technical matters (sources for secondary analysis, etc.) than on the
substantive problems in conducting secondary analytical research.
In the second part I plan to assign critical presentation of published research.
Each student will be required to analyze a single publication, specify the
problems encountered by the researcher and the proposed solutions.
In the third part, each student will be required to choose a research problem,
to look for relevant data sources, to order the needed files, set a data file
for his/her study, and perform an independent piece of research.
Why do I post this information? I'm eager to receive information on the
following topics:
1. Is there a source, more updated than Hyman's, for the first part?
2. Can you offer interesting examples of secondary analyses? I would like to
   let my students select out of a long list. Any items will be appreciated.
3. Do I miss anything important? Any criticisms of my course will be appreciated

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