Sociology 350 - Sociological Research - Course Schedule

Course Schedule

Weeks 1-3 | Weeks 4-6 | Weeks 7-9 | Weeks 10-12 | Weeks 13-14

Week Four

Day 7 -
- Spurious Relationships
- Nominal & Operational Definitions
- Short Paper #2 Handout
Day 8 -
- Levels of Measurement
Lab #4 -
- ASCII Cuban.Dat
- Using Compute Statements And Analyzing Research Data
Readings:
- Gould, Chapter Five, "The Heredity Theory of IQ: An American Invention," pp. 222-263
- Gould, "Critique of the Bell Curve," pp. 367-390

Week Five

Day 9 -
- Qualitative Data Analysis Overview
Day 10 -
- Validity and Reliability Tests
Lab #5 -
- Qualitative Coding of Children's Books
- Short Paper #2 Due - February 25^th
Readings:
- Babbie, Chapter Thirteen, "Qualitative Data Analysis" pp. 377-401

Week Six

Day 11 -
- Review of the Mismeasure of Man
- Review face validity, content validity, and criterion-related validity to the alpha and beta Army tests
Day 12 -
- Wheel of Science: Relation to Theory of Research
- Family Birth Order Example
Lab #6 - T-tests; Independent Samples from 1974-2004
Readings:
- Babbie, Chapter Six, "Indexes, Scales, and Typologies," pp. 150-176

Weeks 1-3 | Weeks 4-6 | Weeks 7-9 | Weeks 10-12 | Weeks 13-14

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