NORMALCURVE
SOCIOLOGY 3155:
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
METHODS & ANALYSIS
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SCHEDULE

(Click on links for class overheads & homework assignments. SSR = Social Science Research text)

WEEK

DATE

SUBJECT

READING

ASSIGNMENT

1
8-Sept Welcome & introductions
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10-Sept Statistics' role in the research process; measurement issues
Chapter 1
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2
15-Sept Descriptive statistics; measures of central tendency (intro)
Chapters 2 & 3
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17-Sept Measures of central tendency, dispersion
Chapters 3 & 4
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3
22-Sept The normal curve & Z scores
Chapter 5
HW #1 DUE
24-Sept Z scores wrap-up; probability & sampling
Chapter 5
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4
29-Sept Sampling, continued; probability
Chapter 6
HW #2 DUE
1-Oct Inferential statistics; review for Exam 1  
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5
6-Oct EXAM 1
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8-Oct Exams; intro to estimation procedures
Chapter 7
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6
13-Oct Estimation procedures; hypothesis testing (intro)
Chapters 7 & 8
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15-Oct 1-sample Hypothesis testing; directional vs. nondirectional hypotheses; errors in hypothesis testing
Chapter 8
7
20-Oct Directional vs. nondirectional hypotheses; errors in hyp. testing; t distribution; 2-sample hypothesis testing (intro)
Chapters 8-9
HW #3 DUE
22-Oct 2-sample hypothesis testing in SPSS; data analysis projects
Chapter 9
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8
27-Oct 2-sample hypothesis testing
Chapter 9
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29-Oct 2-sample hypothesis testing in SPSS; ANOVA (for 3+ samples) (intro)
Chapters 9-10
 9
3-Nov ANOVA
Chapter 10
5-Nov Class does not meet  
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10
10-Nov Discussion of innumeracy; chi square (intro)
12-Nov Chi square; hypothesis testing (summary)
Chapter 11
HW #5 DUE
11
17-Nov Review for Exam 2
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19-Nov EXAM 2
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12
24-Nov Measures of association (intro); association between nominal variables
Chapters 13 & 14
Data Analysis Project Description DUE
26-Nov THANKSGIVING
13
1-Dec Association between ordinal variables; association between I-R variables
Chapter 15
3-Dec SPSS Data Analysis Day
HW #6 DUE
14
8-Dec Causality & statistical control (intro)
Chapter 16
SSR Assign #4 (correlation)
10-Dec Causality & statistical control (continued); partial correlation

Ch.16 & Ch. 17 (pp. 422-427 [8th Ed.]; pp. 462-469 [7th Ed.]; pp. 431-434 [6th Ed])

Data Analysis Project Due
15
15-Dec Review for Final Exam
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22: Final Exam, 8.00 - 9.55 am


RESOURCES

Statistics Applets — Interactive Tools to Aid in Understanding Statistical Concepts:



DATA SETS

SPSS

Abridged General Social Survey 2006

RECODING
A VARIABLE IN SPSS


UNABRIDGED 2006 GSS DATA SET

Data Analysis Projects:


SYLLABUS (9/2009)



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