Lecture Outlines

 

Overview of course

                                                                                                                                         

The nature of scientific knowledge

                                                                                                                               

The purpose and process of social research

                                                                 

The nature of causality

                                                                 

Research designs; Introduction to measurement

                                                               

Measurement II: Levels, reliability and validity

                                               

Overview to qualitative methods / Field research  

                                                               

Field research, continued – no outline

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Analyzing Observational Data and Writing Reports 

Handout

                                                               

The ethics and politics of social research                                                                                                                       

 

Use of available data / Secondary data

                                                               

Review for Exam 1

                                                               

EXAM 1

                                                               

Sampling

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Overview of survey research

                                                               

Survey research I (Instrumentation)

                                                               

Career Services: Options for Sociology Majors – no outline

                                                               

Statistics in social research: An introduction

                                                               

Statistics, continued

                                                               

Elementary analysis of questionnaire data

FOR LECTURE, GO TO PROJECTS PAGE AND DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART 2 OF THE SURVEY PROJECT.  IT WILL BE USEFUL TO HAVE THESE NOTES WITH YOU IN CLASS.

 

Experiments I – no outline

                                                               

Experiments II

 

Experiments III

 

Evaluation Research

 

The Internet and Social Research

                                                               

*** Mini-seminar to discuss findings from survey research projects *** 

PRESENTATION TIPS

                                                               

*** Mini-seminar to discuss findings from survey research projects ***

 

FINAL EXAM