Experimental and Survey Methods in Social Research
S06
Ronald Cohen
This course will examine the research process as it is practiced in several of the social sciences. We will focus on the logic of experimental, quasi-experimental, and correlational methods as they are currently practiced in various areas of psychology and sociology, though these methods are also employed frequently in politics, economics, sociology, and anthropology. Methodologi-cal, statistical, and ethical issues will be examined through the lens provided by both classical and contemporary pieces of research. This is not a statistics course. However, the methods we will be examining, and the research we will be reading and doing, will require familiarity with several of the statistical techniques employed in research of the kinds we will study.