Spring 2016  |  SOC 3801 Section 001: Sociological Research Methods (46567)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/19/2016 - 05/06/2016
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 270
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Principles/practice of research design, sampling, data collection including field observation/surveys. Data management/analysis, reporting of quantitative/nonquantitative data. Ethics/administration in sociological research. Lab. prereq: 1001 recommended; soc majors must register A-F
Class Notes:
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Class Description:
This course provides an introductory how-to guide for conducting social scientific research in a comprehensive and critical way. The course begins by introducing social scientific research, including philosophical and theoretical foundations; research topics, questions, and hypotheses; and ethics. The course then covers the primary components of research design, including conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement; primary and secondary data collection and sources; sampling; and the logic of comparison across groups and over time. This is followed by familiarizing students with research designs most often used in social scientific research, including experiments and quasi-experiments, surveys and ethnosurveys, interviews and focus groups, case studies, participant observation, ethnography, comparative-historical methods, and content analysis. The course concludes by considering issues of workflow in social scientific research, including issues related to the organization, cleaning, and analysis of data.
Grading:
Attendance (10%); Assignments/Homeworks (15%); 3 Exams (15% each); Final Paper/Research Proposal (30%)
Exam Format:
3 exams, one every 5 weeks.
Class Format:
67% Lecture
33%; Lab/Discussion Section
Workload:
Approximately 25-50 pages reading per week; 3 exams; 1 final paper/research proposal (20-35 pages total, including bibliography/references)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/46567/1163
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
14 May 2015

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