Peter M. Nardi

"Doing Survey Research: A Guide to Quantitative Methods is a practical introduction to the subject that: combines statistics and survey research methods in a single book; shows how to write a questionnaire, generate a sample, analyze data, and write up the results; teaches how to interpret statistics and make decisions about which statistics to use, without requiring any calculations; and uses excerpts from published research to provide practice in reading and interpreting real data."--BOOK JACKET.

This book tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to make sense of their identities in the years before the modern gay movement began. In their own words, these men recollect fascinating accounts of what it was like negotiate their desires within a social and psychological context in which homosexuality was marginalized. The editors carefully situate the lifestories in US culture before Stonewall and skillfully raises the issues and problems in presenting such stories.