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This course provides an overview of quantitative research methods including design, implementation and analysis. Students learn how to formulate a hypothesis, collect, organize, describe, summarize and interpret data, how to conduct a literature review, and develop and write a research report. Involves hands-on use of these methodologies.

Information Literacy, Quantitative Reasoning

Our goal in this course is to use empirical testing to assess sociological theories and whether they hold up across different situations, populations, and scenarios. This is a crucial difference between Sociology and “common sense.” While the latter arises from casual and non-random observations of the social world, sociological conclusions are based on systematic, numerous, and representative observations.As such, you will learn how statistics can help you answer questions about the social world and enhance your ability to think through problems. This course is centered on the following goals: To assist student in understanding the relationship between theory and research. To develop basic skills in statistical reasoning. To develop skills necessary to move on to more advanced social research methods classes To promote the knowledge and usage of statistical software packages such as SPSS 1 To create intelligent consumers of statistical findings presented in media and scholarly journals.

*The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here.

• SOC 202 or SOC 203 or SOC 246 or CRJ 246