2016-2017 Undergraduate Catalog

SO 383 Applications of Social Research

This course involves additional exercises with the analysis of published statistical data, content analysis, survey research, sampling theory, the use of SPSS for quantitative data analysis, with emphasis on applications of multivariate analysis for the purpose of examining evidence for cause-and-effect relationships. Other topics include the relationship between theory and research; examining studies which researchers have used to test and/or refine sociological theories; learning how to use one's own research to test, refine, and develop sociological theories; and developing the ability to relate the findings of existing studies to one's own research questions. This course is a critical part of the foundation for SO 398 Senior Seminar in Sociology.

A prerequisite to SO 398

Credits

3

Prerequisite

SO 372 Sociological Theory and SO 382 Methods of Social Research

Corequisite

SO 373 Applications of Sociological Theory