Paul Gauguin: Market Day, 1892.
Paul Gauguin: Market Day (1892).



Date

Topic

Reading

Assignment

August 21

Welcome to Sociology 202

 

 

August 23

Introduction to Inquiry

Chaper 1

 

August 28

Paradigms in Sociology

Chapter 2

 

August 30

Paradigms in Sociology

Paradigms in Sociology

 

September 4

Ethics in Social Research

Chapter 3

Quiz #1

September 6

The Philosophy of Science

The Philosophy of Science

 

September 13

Hypothesis Construction

Hypothesis Construction

 

September 13

The Logic of Science

The Logic of Science

 

September 18

 

 

Exam #1

 

 

 

 

September 20

Research Design

Chapter 4

 

September 25

Measurement

Chapter 5

 

September 27

Measurement

Validity and Reliability

 

October 2

Indexes,  Scales, Typologies

Chapter 6

Quiz #2

October 4

The Logic of Sampling

Chapter 7

 

October 9

The Logic of Sampling

Chapter 7

 

October 11

 

 

Exam #2

 

 

 

 

October 16

Experiments

Chapter 8

Paper #1

October 18

Survey Research

Chapter 9

 

October 23

Question Wording

Question Wording

 

October 25

Qualitative Research

Chapter 10

 

October 30

Unobtrusive Research

Chapter 11

Quiz #3

November 1

Evaluation Research

Chapter 12

 

November 6

Evaluation Research

Chapter 12

 

November 8

 

 

Exam #3

 

 

 

 

November 13

Qualitative Data Analysis

Chapter 13

 

November 15

Quantitative Data Analysis

Chapter 14

 

November 27

Quantitative Data Analysis

Chapter 14

 

November 29

The Elaboration Model

Chapter 15

Quiz #4

December 4

Statistical Analysis

Chapter 16

 

December 6

Statistical Analysis

Chapter 16

 

December 10

Reading and Writing Research

Chapter 17

Paper #2

December 11

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

Exam #4


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