Methods Soc Res I : Quantitati

Catalog description

The first of two courses in the research methods sequence. This course covers techniques and methods of quantitative social research as they relate to sociological theory construction: hypothesis testing, research design, measurement, quantitative data collection methods (surveys), statistical data analysis. This course also covers descriptive and inferential methods of statistical analysis emphasizing measures of central tendency and dispersion, construction of graphs and tables, univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis including tests of statistical significance. Students will use SPSS to apply statistical techniques.