| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1:00pm-2:15pm | TuTh | TARBUTTON_120A | Jeffery Mullis. | WRT. | 4 | 3016 | TBA. |
One Sociology course or consent of instructor.
This course is an introduction to research design in the social sciences. Topics include measurement reliability and validity, probability and nonprobability sampling, experimental and survey designs, ethnographic methods, comparative-historical methods, and ethical standards in social research. The course has three main objectives: First, you will learn how to translate abstract theoretical ideas into concrete empirical questions. Second, you will see the strengths and limitations of different methods and learn how to choose those most appropriate for answering your research questions. Third, you will gain hands-on experience in collecting and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data. The overall goal of the course is to provide you with the practical skills needed for being a discerning consumer and producer of social research.
Required Textbooks, Articles, and Resources
- Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation. ISBN: 9781412969390.
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