This page provides links to web sites and PowerPoint presentations regarding the topics of Sociology 202. Please note that the PowerPoint presentations represent summaries of the course materials. To prepare properly for the exams, students will need to be thoroughly familiar with the information provided in the PowerPoint presentations, the web sites shown below, and the classroom lectures.

		Welcome to Sociology 202: Web Site, PowerPoint
		The Philosophy of Science: Web Site, PowerPoint
		Art, Methods, and Science: PowerPoint
		Hypothesis Construction: Web Site, PowerPoint
		Standard Error and Research Methods: PowerPoint
		Science and Intelligent Design: PowerPoint
Claude Monet




		Measurement of Abstract Concepts: PowerPoint
		Indexes, Scales, Typologies: PowerPoint
		Validity and Reliability: Web Site, PowerPoint
		In-Class Lab on Measurement
Edgar Degas




		Experiments: PowerPoint
		Survey Research: PowerPoint
		Question Wording: Web Site, PowerPoint
		The Logic of Sampling: PowerPoint
		Evaluation Research: PowerPoint
Pierre-Auguste Renoir




		The Elaboration Model: PowerPoint
		Research Design: PowerPoint
		Quantitative Data Analysis: PowerPoint
		Resources for Social Statistics: Web Site
		Data Analysis Lab (Room 68 Heady Hall): PASW Exercise
Edouard Manet




		Qualitative Methods: PowerPoint, Web Site
		Qualitative Data Analysis: PowerPoint
		Data Analysis Lab (Room 68 Heady Hall): N-Vivo Primer
		Ethics and Politics of Social Research: PowerPoint
		Reading and Writing Social Research: PowerPoint
Mary Cassatt