This course is designed to
teach and train students on a variety of approaches available to sociologists
in order to best address a research question. It is “an introduction to the
major research methods in social science, their links to theory and practice,
and their use in research projects.” As such, it centers on the introduction
to the concepts and tools of quantitative social research. Beyond quantitative data analysis, this
course deals with issues related to research methods. This is because
statistics and research methods are intimately related. The students should
have already been exposed to some topics (e.g., levels of measurement,
hypothesis testing, sampling, modes of observation) as this course demonstrates
the ways in which research methods and statistics are related.
- Teacher: Connie Fern Miranda