PROSEMINAR

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate Students Only Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically evaluate research of relevance to the social and behavioral sciences. Audience: Graduate 2. Clarify the connection between theories, conceptual frameworks, and the quantitative hypothesis testing process. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate principles of quantitative research, design, sampling measurement, and data collection in the context of selecting the most appropriate techniques for addressing a given research question. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how quantitative research methods can be used in studying social problems. Audience: Graduate 5. Critically evaluate linkage between research questions and methods of data analysis. Audience: Graduate 6. Critically evaluate ethical issues in the conduct of social research. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Critically evaluate research of relevance to the social and behavioral sciences. Audience: Graduate 2. Clarify the connection between theories, conceptual frameworks, and the quantitative hypothesis testing process. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate principles of quantitative research, design, sampling measurement, and data collection in the context of selecting the most appropriate techniques for addressing a given research question. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how quantitative research methods can be used in studying social problems. Audience: Graduate 5. Critically evaluate linkage between research questions and methods of data analysis. Audience: Graduate 6. Critically evaluate ethical issues in the conduct of social research. Audience: Graduate