The second edition of this classic study, fully updated and extended, now includes an analysis of recent trends in intergenerational mobility, the class mobility of women, and views of social mobility in modern Britain from a cross-national perspective.

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In statistics, fitting linear models to data is a general theme. This manual describes how GLIM 4--the popular software package--may be used for statistical analysis, including data manipulation and display, model fitting, and prediction. The manual has been divided into three distinct guides. The User Guide introduces and illustrates all the facilities in GLIM 4. Each chapter describes the directives relevant to a particular type of activity involved in the statistical modelling of data. The Modelling Guide presents a broad array of examples which comprise an effective introduction for new users. The Reference Guide contains a formal description of the syntax and semantics of the GLIM 4 language, of the data structures it handles, and of the directives provided, constituting a reference manual for the experienced user. This book is sure to be useful to research statisticians wherever GLIM is used.