Elements of Social Research

Catalog description

The modern world is thick with data that can unlock the mysteries of social life - but only if you know how to use it. This course will introduce students to the concepts and skills necessary to competently gather and analyze data and present findings. Students will learn the logic of scientific inquiry with application to the social world, and will proceed to study experimentation, survey creation, sampling and statistical inference. Students will learn to use powerful compuer applications for data analysis and visualization.