SOCIOLOGY
3155:
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
METHODS & ANALYSIS
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
METHODS & ANALYSIS
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 |
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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 |
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9 |
3-Nov | ANOVA | Chapter
10 |
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| 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
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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 |
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| 3-Dec | SPSS Data Analysis Day | HW #6 DUE |
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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
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15 |
15-Dec | Review for Final Exam | . |
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TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 22: Final Exam, 8.00 - 9.55 am |
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