Sociology 3309 YA: Methods of Research

Topics

• The course content is divided into two sections
• Fall: Research methods
• Winter: Statistics and computer techniques
• The section on research methods includes lectures on the meaning of methodology
• research design
• measurement
• sampling procedures
• survey design
• and field research/ethics. The section on statistics includes the organization and presentation of data
• measures of central tendency
• measures of variability
• percentiles and z-scores
• the normal distribution
• random sampling distributions
• probability
• and statistical inference. Computer techniques
• Courses requirements
• Assignments
• Short tests
• Distribution of Grades
• tests 20%
• assignments 25%
• Part 1: research Methods (Fall tERm)
• Neuman “Science and Research”