Soci 3201: Research Methods

 

Social research methods is a required course for sociology majors, so I try to make it as painful as possible for them. ;-)

Syllabus (Spring, 2008)

 

 

Class Topics

Causality

What is causality?

Types of causality

Spurious causation

Selection vs. causation

 

Measurement

An essay on the effect of measurement

 

Experiments

Stanford Prison Experiment

Greg and Emily, Jamal and Lakisha experiment--race and hiring

The Mark of a Criminal Record

Reclaiming the Experimental Tradition, Green and Gerber

 

Quantitative data

Roper Center

ICPSR

 

Qualitative data

A classroom example

 

Ethics

UConn's IRB