Sociology 202 - QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

This course explores both the philosophy and practice of research methods. The first part of the course focuses on the scientific method and positivism as a model for social research and contemporary techniques of this model. Here we will discuss alternative social science paradigms and the relationship between sociological theory and research methods. The second part of the course focuses on the practice of quantitative research methods. Students will design and carry out a research project using survey methodology, along with exercises in additional quantitative methods. Prerequisite: 201.