Course Description

SO 382 METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH   3.0 Credit(s)
Students learn how to design, conduct, and report the results of social research. Attention is given to experimental and evaluation research, field research, unstructured exploratory interviewing, content analysis, analysis of published statistical data, survey research, conceptualization and operationalization of variables, analysis of data, the writing of research reports, and the logic of cause and effect in research. The course also includes learning how to use the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software to analyze quantitative data. A prerequisite to SO 384 Prerequisite: Take SO 110 and 3 credits 200 or 300 SO courses
Offered: Fall Semester All Years