Social Science Research

Catalog description

The purpose of this course is to offer students an overview of research methodological strategies and techniques utilized in the field of social science. The course will focus on quantitative and qualitative methods with a special emphasis for conducting social science research. This course will cover an array of topics including defining and formulating research questions, understanding the importance of ethics, stating hypotheses, sampling procedures, surveying techniques, developing experimental and quasi-experimental designs; collecting data, reliability and validity, and data interpretation.