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



Date

Topics

Readings

Assignment

August 25

Welcome to Sociology 202

Web Site, PowerPoint

 

August 27

Philosophy of Science

Web Site, PowerPoint

 

September 1

Hypothesis Construction

Web Site, PowerPoint

 

September 3

Standard Error and Research Methods

PowerPoint

Quiz #1

September 8

Science and Intelligent Design

PowerPoint

 

September 10

Exam #1

 

Exam #1

 

 

 

 

September 15

Measurement

PowerPoint

 

September 17

Indexes, Scales, and Typologies

PowerPoint

 

September 22

Validity and Reliability

Web Site, PowerPoint

 

September 24

Validity and Reliability

Web Site, PowerPoint

Quiz #2

September 29

In-Class Lab on Measurement

 

 

October 1

Exam #2

 

Exam #2

 

 

 

 

October 6

Experiments

PowerPoint

 

October 8

Survey Research

PowerPoint

 

October 13

Question Wording

Web Site, PowerPoint

 

October 15

The Logic of Sampling

PowerPoint

Quiz #3

October 20

Evaluation Research

PowerPoint

 

October 22

Exam #3

 

Exam #3

 

 

 

 

October 27

The Elaboration Model

PowerPoint

Paper #1

October 29

Research Design

PowerPoint

 

November 3

Quantitative Data Analysis

PowerPoint

 

November 5

PASW Exercise

PASW Exercise

 

November 10

Quantitative Data Analysis

PowerPoint

 

November 12

PASW Exercise

PASW Exercise

Quiz #4

November 17

Quantitative Data Analysis

PowerPoint

 

November 19

Exam #4

 

Exam #4

 

 

 

 

December 1

Qualitative Methods

PowerPoint, Web Site

Paper #2

December 3

Qualitative Data Analysis

PowerPoint

Quiz #5

December 8

Data Analysis in N-Vivo

N-Vivo Primer

 

December 10

Ethics and Politics of Social Research

PowerPoint

 

December 10

Reading and Writing Social Research

PowerPoint

 

December 15

 

 

Paper #3

December 17

Exam #5: 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

 

Exam #5

 

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