These notes cover the following topics:
- Sociology as a Science
- The Scientific Method
- Learning about the Social World (observation, generalizing, reasoning, reevaluating)
- Important Aspects of Sociology (sociological imagination, sociological themes)
- Sociological Research (types, research designs)
- Theory & Social Research (approaches, levels of abstraction, causality)
- Relations Among Concepts & Paradigms in Sociological Research
- Ethics in Social & Human Subjects Research (basic expectations, Institutional Review Boards)
- Conceptualization, Operationalization, & Measurement
- Reliability & Validity in Social Science Research
- How to Read Empirical Social Science Articles
- Causality & Logic of Quantitative Research
- Types of Experiments
- Designing a Laboratory Experiment
- Analyzing Experimental Data
- Probability Samples & Sampling Error
- Types of Probability Sampling
- Non-representative Sampling
- Surveying
- Regression Analysis & Statistical Control
- Hypothesis Testing & Regression Interpretation
- Inductive & Deductive Methods
- Ethnography
- Conducting an Interview Study
- Validity in In-Depth Interviews
- Focus Groups
- Analyzing Qualitative Data
- Network Analysis
- Evaluation Research
- Materials-Based Research
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