- Subject:
- Sociology
- Material Type:
- Module
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Provider:
- Ohio Open Ed Collaborative
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- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
- Language:
- English
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Education Standards
American Sociological Association: Research Methods
Data in the News
Developing Hypothesis and Research Questions
Doing Social Research – From Research Design to Data Collection, Analysis and Publication
Lumen Learning - Research Methods
Lumen Learning - Secondary Data Analysis
Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: The Literature Review
Pew Research Center - Applying Social Science
Research Design in Sociology
Six Step Research Process
Sociology: Choosing a Topic
Stages of the Sociological Research Process
Apply the steps of the social science research process
Overview
OER Text Material
Stages of the Sociological Research Process
“Eye on Society: Doing Sociological Research” (Chapter Two) Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World
- List the major stages of the sociological research process
- Describe the different types of units of analysis in sociology
- Explain the differene between an independent variable and a dependent variable
Research Design in Sociology
- This section lists the major advantages and disadvantages of surveys, experiments and observational studies
- Good general content – section 2.2 and 2.3 - Missing content covering “defining the problem” within the steps of the social science research process
Supplemental Material (Videos and Reading)
Applying the Social Science Research Process:
Sociology: Choosing a Topic (Video)
5 Ways to Formulate the Research Problem
Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: The Literature Review
Six Step Research Process (Video)