Social Research Methods

Catalog description

(Formerly A SOC 220). Examination of the assumptions and techniques of social research: problems of design, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis; review of current research in professional journals; the uses of survey research; application of concepts through individual and class projects. A SOC 310 is restricted to A-E grading after matriculation at Albany. A SOC 310 must be completed with a C or better for the major in Sociology. Only one of A SOC 220 and A SOC 310 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): A SOC 115.