1a. Ritchey, Ferris J. 2000. The Statistical Imagination: Elementary Statistics for the Social Sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill. Includes the following supplements:
Computer Applications CD-ROM by Ferris J. Ritchey, Lynn B. Gerald and Levi Ross;
Solutions Manual by Ferris J. Ritchey and Lucy H. Lewis;
Test Bank by Ferris J. Ritchey and Lucy H. Lewis;
Instructor’s Manual by Ferris J. Ritchey and Lucy H. Lewis;
Website by Ferris J. Ritchey, http://auth.mhhe.com/socscience/sociology/ritchey/index.htm.)
1b. SPANISH EDITION: Ritchey, Ferris J. 2001. Estadística para las Ciencias Sociales el pot.de La Imagiación Estadística. McGraw-Hill Interamericana-División Universidad.
2. Cockerham, William C. and Ferris J. Ritchey. 1997. Dictionary of Medical Sociology. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
PUBLICATIONS: Journal Articles and Book Chapters
3. Ritchey, Ferris J. Forthcoming. “Medical Malpractice.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. George Ritzer (ed.). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing.
4. Wasserman, Jason, Jeffrey M. Clair, and Ferris J. Ritchey. Forthcoming. “A Scale to Assess Attitudes Toward Euthanasia.” Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.
5. Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Mark E. LaGory, and Ferris J. Ritchey. 2003. “Factors Associated with Risk-Taking Among the Homeless.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 14:70-86.
6. Ritchey, Ferris J. 2002. “Physician Accountability in the United States.” Medicine and Philosophy 23:9-12. (Chinese language journal).
7. LaGory, Mark E., Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, and Ferris J. Ritchey. 2001. “Life Chances and Choices: Assessing Well-Being Among the Homeless.” Sociological Quarterly 42:633-651.
8. Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Mark E. LaGory, and Ferris J. Ritchey. 1999. “Dangerous Places, Exposure to Violence, and Its Mental Health Consequences for the Homeless.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 69:438-437.
9. Lindquist, Christine, Mark E. LaGory, and Ferris J. Ritchey. 1999. “The Myth of the Homeless Migrant: An Exploration of the Psychosocial Consequences of Migration.” Sociological Perspectives 42:691-709.
10. LaGory, Mark, Ferris J. Ritchey, and Tamatha Sells. 1997. “Gender Differences in Social Support: Mental Health Consequences Among the Homeless.” Sociological Focus 30:209-25.
11. Ritchey, Ferris J., William C. Yoels, Jeffrey M. Clair, and Richard M. Allman. 1995. "Competing Medical and Social Ideologies and Communication Accuracy in Medical Encounters." Research in the Sociology of Health Care 12:189-211.
12. Schumacher, Joseph E., Ferris J. Ritchey, Leonard J. Nelson, Stephen Murray, and June Martin. 1995. "Litigation Fear and Risk Management Among Teaching Hospital Physicians." Southern Medical Journal 12:1204-1211.
13. Clair, Jeffrey M., Ferris J. Ritchey, and Richard M. Allman. 1993-94. "Satisfaction with Medical Encounters Among Caregivers of Geriatric Outpatients." Sociological Practice 11:139-57.
14. Yoels, William C., Jeffrey M. Clair, Ferris J. Ritchey, and Richard M. Allman. 1993. "Role-Taking Accuracy in Medical Encounters: A Test of Two Theories." Sociological Focus 26:183-201.
15. Ritchey, Ferris J. 1993. "Fear of Malpractice Litigation, the Risk-Management Industry, and the Clinical Encounter." In Sociomedical Perspectives on Patient Care, pp. 114-138. Jeffrey M. Clair and Richard M. Allman (eds). Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky.
16. Ritchey, Ferris J. and David Sommers. 1993. "Medical Rationalization and Professional Boundary Maintenance: Physicians and Clinical Pharmacists." Research in the Sociology of Health Care 10:117-139.
17. Ritchey, Ferris J., Mark E. LaGory, and Jeffrey Mullis. 1993. "A Response to the Comments of Walter R. Gove on Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 34:182-85.
18. Fitzpatrick, Kevin M., Mark E. LaGory, and Ferris J. Ritchey. 1993. "Criminal Victimization Among the Homeless." Justice Quarterly: 10:353-368.
19. Ritchey, Ferris J., Mark E. LaGory, and Jeffrey Mullis. 1991. "Gender Differences in Health Risks and Physical Symptoms Among the Homeless." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 32:33-48.
20. LaGory, Mark, Ferris J. Ritchey, and Kevin M. Fitzpatrick. "Homelessness and Affiliation". Sociological Quarterly 32: 201-218, 1991.
21. LaGory, Mark E., Ferris J. Ritchey, and Kevin M. Fitzpatrick,. "Depression: An Unexplored and Untreated Aspect of the Homeless Problem." Depression Briefing 2:21-24, 1991.
22. Ritchey, Ferris J., Mark E. LaGory, Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, and Jeffrey Mullis. "A Comparison of Homeless, Community-Wide and Selected Distressed Samples on the CES-Depression Scale". American Journal of Public Health 80:1384-1386, 1990.
23. LaGory, Mark E., Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, and Ferris J. Ritchey. "Homeless Persons: Differences Between Those Living on the Street and in Shelters." Sociology and Social Research 74:162-167, 1990.
24. LaGory, Mark, Ferris J. Ritchey, and Jeffrey Mullis. "Depression Among the Homeless." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 31:87-101, 1990. REPRINTED IN: Cockerham, William C. (Ed.) The Sociology of Medicine. London: Edgar Elgar Publishing.
25. Hart, Elizabeth, Dorothy Pinkston, Ferris J. Ritchey, and Cheryl J. Knowles. "Relationship of Professional Involvement to Clinical Behaviors of Physical Therapists." Physical Therapy 70:179-187, 1990.
26. Ritchey, Ferris J., Dorothy Pinkston, Joanne Goldbaum, and Margaret Heerten. "Perceptual Correlates of Physician Referral to Physical Therapists: Implications for Role Expansion." Social Science and Medicine 28:69-80, 1989.
27. LaGory, Mark, Ferris J. Ritchey, Timothy O'Donaghue, and Jeffrey Mullis. "The Homeless of Alabama: A Variety of People and Experiences." In Homelessness In the United States, Vol.1, State Surveys. Jamshid Momeni (ed). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1989.
28. Ritchey, Ferris J. and Barbara Lewis. "A Statistical Interaction Model for Examining Compensatory Effects on Academic Performance." Tracking number TM013826, Educational Resources Information Center, Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research.1989.
29. Ritchey, Ferris J., Marilyn R. Raney, and Thomas D. Keith. "Physicians' Opinions of Expanded Clinical Pharmacy Services." American Journal of Public Health 73:96-101, 1983.
30. Ritchey, Ferris J., Michele Wilson, Russell Hamby, and Becky Trigg. "Public Perceptions of a Police Strike in a Southern City." Journal of Police Science and Administration 11:90-96, 1983.
31. Ritchey, Ferris J. "The Value of Crosscultural Field Experiences in Graduate Education." In Mexican and Central American Perspectives, Eugene R. Huck (ed.). Vol. XIII of Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies Annals, March, pp. 46-47, 1982.
32. Ritchey, Ferris J. "Medical Rationalization, Cultural Lag, and the Malpractice Crisis." Human Organization 40:97-112, 1981.
33. Ritchey, Ferris J. and Marilyn R. Raney. "Medical Role-Task Boundary Maintenance: Physicians' Opinions on Clinical Pharmacy." Medical Care 19:90-103, 1981. ABSTRACTED IN American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 38:1092, 1981.
34. Ritchey, Ferris J. and Marilyn R. Raney. "Effect of Exposure on Physicians' Attitudes Toward Clinical Pharmacy." American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 38:1459-63, 1981.
35. Wershow, Harold J., Ferris J. Ritchey, and Thomas H. Alphin. "Physicians' Opinions Toward Legislation Defining Death and Withholding Life Supports." Southern Medical Journal 74:215-220, 1981. REPRINTED in Sourcebook on Death and Dying, James Fruehling, (ed). Chicago: Marquis Academic Media, 1982.
36. Ritchey, Ferris J. "Case Management of Patients Perceived as Suit-Prone." Social Science and Medicine 7 (Part F):37-48, 1980.
37. Ritchey, Ferris J. "Physicians' Perception of Suit-Prone Patients." Human Organization 38:160-168, 1979.
