This is the *official* website for the Fall 2007 course, Soc 357, Lectures 8 & 9.
For information about the course, policies, assignments, readings, and so on, please see my syllabus.
All readings NOT in the Babbie book are posted here in pdf format. Download, print, and read as necessary. The dates by which you should have read these readings are in parentheses.
Booth et al. 1995. The Craft of Research, Chapters 3-4. (Tues. 9/11)
Booth et al. 1995. The Craft of Research, Chapters 5-6. (Tues. 9/13)
Pescosolido et al. 1997. "Culture and Conflict." (Tues. 9/18)
Humphreys. 1974. "Tearoom Trade." from The Research Experience, edited by M. Patricia Golden. (Thurs. 10/4)
Lareau. 2002. "Invisible Inequality." (Thurs. 10/11)
Lee et al. 1999. "Giving Time, Money, and Blood." (Thurs. 11/8)
Pager. 2003. "The Mark of a Criminal Record." (Tues. 11/27)
After the assignments and instructions for the final research proposal are handed out in class, they will be posted here.
Journal Exercise #1 (handed out 9/11)
Journal Exercise #2 (handed out 9/13)
Journal Exercise #5 (handed out 9/27)
Journal Exercise #6 (handed out 10/2)
Observation Assignment (Part 1 handed out 10/11; Part 2 handed out 10/16)
Survey Assignment (Part 1 handed out 10/30; Part 2 handed out 11/8)
Survey Pretest Checklist (in class 11/6)
Survey Assignment Grading (handed out 11/15)
Survey Analysis Instructions (handed out 11/15)
Sample SPSS Output (handed out 11/15)
Evaluation Assignment (handed out 11/29)
Evaluation Assignment Grading (handed out 12/6)
Final Project (handed out 12/6)
Babbie Textbook companion website
Logical Fallacies--This is a pdf attachment of a short list of logical fallacies. It is obviously scanned from a book, although I do not know where it came from; this was emailed to me some time ago. If you know, please tell me, and I will put up the citation.
Milgram Experiment Video--This link goes to the first of six segments. The other segments are in the "Related" box to the left of the video screen. Combined, the six segments comprise about a 45 minute video.
"Pearls Before Breakfast"--Article from the Washington Post, and an intelligent example of sociological observation. What happens when a world-famous violinist plays for change in a D.C. subway station?