Introduction to Social Research and Analysis
SOC 200
Course Outline
Fall, 2009
Dr. Mary S. Senter
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TOPIC |
READINGS |
DATE ASSIGNED |
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I. The Nature and Dilemmas of “Science” in Social Research
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Earl Babbie, Seeing Ourselves, Chapters 1 and 10. See COURSE RESERVES section in Blackboard
American Sociological Association's Code of Ethics
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Tuesday, August 25
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II. Key Concepts, including Variables, Levels of Measurement, Hypotheses, Units of Analysis
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Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 1
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Tuesday, September 1 |
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III. Finding, Organizing, and Presenting Information: Univariate Tables and Graphs
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Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 2
Chapter 3 |
Tuesday, Tuesday, September 16 |
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IV. Univariate Statistics: Measures of Central Tendency and Measures of Variability |
Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 4 Chapter 5, skip pages 138-144 |
Tuesday, September 21
Tuesday, September 28 |
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V. The Normal Distribution and Sampling
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Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 |
Tuesday, October 13 Tuesday, October 27 |
| VI. Estimation and Hypothesis Testing | Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 9 | Tuesday, November 3 |
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VII. Bivariate Analysis: Crosstabulations
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Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 10 Chapter 11 |
Tuesday, November 12 |
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VIII. Bivariate Analysis: Measures of Association for Nominal and Ordinal Variables
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Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 12
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| IX. Regression and Correlation | Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 13 | |
| X. Analysis of Variance | Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero, Chapter 14 |
Tuesday, November 10 Pages 477-89 and 498-500 |