Syllabus
Part I: Research Methods
Week 1: Introduction and Background to Research

Tue 20 JanSlides (2.4 MB)

(No reading.)

Thu 22 JanSlides (3.9 MB)

Bernard, Ch. 2 (in reader)

Week 2: Defining Research Problems

Tue 27 JanSlides (2.3 MB)

Creswell, Ch. 1 (in reader)

Thu 29 JanLab (7.6 KB)

Lab 1 in class

Week 3: Survey Data Collection and Questionnaires

Tue 3 FebSlides (1.4 MB)

RMKB: Survey Research
(Be sure to click through all the subsections that appear when you click through the sections of Survey Research on the left-hand navigation.)

Thu 5 FebSlides (1.5 MB)

Bernard, Ch. 8 (in reader)

Week 4: Surveys, continued

Tue 10 FebLab (70.4 KB)

Lab 2 in class

Thu 12 Feb

To be announced

Week 5: Experiments and Experimental Design

Tue 17 FebSlides (6.3 MB)

Bernard, Ch. 4 (in reader); Freedman, Pisani, and Purves, Ch. 1

Thu 19 FebSlides (3.2 MB)

RMKB: Design; Freedman, Pisani, and Purves, Ch. 2

Part II: Probability and Statistics
Week 6: Probability and Sampling

Tue 24 FebSlides (2.7 MB) | Data (454.9 KB)

Freedman et al. Chapters 13 (pp. 221-233), 14 (pp. 237-246) and 19 (pp. 333-353)

Thu 26 FebSlides (4.3 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapter 20; Bernard Chapter 5, "Sampling" (in reader)

Week 7: Introduction to STATA and Working with Structured Data

Tue 3 MarNotes (38.8 KB)

RMKB: Data Preparation; ICPSR Guide to Social Science Data Preparation: Chapter 3 (pp. 7-14)

Thu 5 Mar

In-class demonstration

Week 8: Finding Data and Intro to Univariate Analysis

Tue 10 MarSlides (842 KB)

No reading, but browse the following sites and become familiar with the offerings:

Thu 12 MarSlides (1 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapters 3 and 4

Week 9: Univariate Analysis

Tue 17 MarSlides (1 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapters 5, 6 and 7

Thu 19 MarLab (68.5 KB)

Lab 3 distributed in class

Week 10: SPRING RECESS: March 23-27
Part III: Bivariate and Multivariate Analyses
Week 11: Correlation and Logic of Hypothesis Testing

Tue 31 MarSlides (2 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapters 8 and 9

Thu 2 AprSlides (1.7 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapters 17, 18 and 26 (through page 488)

Week 12: The T-Test and Chi-Square Test

Tue 7 AprSlides (2.1 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapter 26 (488-500), Chapter 29
RMKB: The T-Test

Thu 9 AprSlides (1.5 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapter 28

Week 13: Analysis of Variance and F-Test

Tue 14 AprSlides (1.1 MB)

[Reading to be distributed in class in week 12]

Thu 16 AprLab (71.4 KB)

Lab 4: Hypothesis Testing with STATA or R

Week 14: Regression

Tue 21 AprSlides (1.3 MB)

Freedman et al. Chapters 10, 11 and 12

Thu 23 AprSlides (860.5 KB)

Myers and Well chapter on Regression (in reader)

Week 15: Reading and Evaluating Social Research

Tue 28 AprSlides (860.5 KB)

Regression examples and discussion

Thu 30 Apr

Fiore, A.T., Taylor, L.S., Mendelsohn, G.A., and M. Hearst. Assessing Attractiveness in Online Dating Profiles. In Proc. ACM CHI 2008.

Week 16: Course review, Take-Home Exam Distributed in Class

Tue 5 MaySlides (3.7 MB)

Thu 7 Apr

Final exam