The World According to Peter Hart-Brinson
Research Methods
Course Material--Fall 2008
Readings
Gilens 1996. "Race and Poverty in America."
Lareau 2002. "Invisible Inequality."
Humphreys 1974. "Tearoom Trade." from The Research Experience, edited by Patricia M. Golden.
Lee, Piliavin, and Call 1999. "Giving Time, Money, and Blood."
Assignments
Content Analysis Assignment--Handed out 9/29/08
Grading for Content Analysis Assignment--Handed out 10/6/08
Observation & Interview Assignment--Handed out 10/20/08
Grading for Qualitative Methods Assignment--Handed out 11/10/08
Survey Assignment--Handed out 11/17/08
SPSS Instructions--Handed out 12/8/08
Sample SPSS Output--Handed out 12/8/08
Grading for Survey Assignment--Handed out 12/10/08
Final Exam Study Sheet--Handed out 12/10/08
Resources
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.
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press--Studies and datasets of American public opinion about U.S. politics.
ICPSR--Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research--Datasets galore!
U.S. Census--Not just stats and tables, but you can download and create maps of various things. Very cool!Research Methods at Intute Social Sciences--Extensive links to sites all over the web related to sociological research methods and data.
Statistics at Intute Social Sciences--Like the above sites, but focused on statistics.
Richard Krueger's Focus Group website--Very straightforward, hands-on introduction to focus groups. Includes handouts and resources.
Forum for Qualitative Social Research--Online peer-reviewed journal for qualitative research. Also includes a discussion group for qualitative research issues.
Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis--Contains evaluations of qualitative data analysis software packages and technical information and support for users.
Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life at the University of Michigan
Links
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 40 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?
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