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1: Introduction to Social Research

Getting Started:

  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Preface
    • Scan the Detailed Table of Contents
  • Course Reserves:
    • Read Ryan, Andrea Kay. (2009). What is sociology and sociological research? Essay. (4 pages)
  • Visit the Online Student Study Site:
    http://www.pineforge.com/isw6
  • Complete the practice exercises for course tools.
  • Participate in the Discussion (NOTE: This is one of the required discussions).

Lesson 1

  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 1: Science Society and Social Research
  • Course Reserves:
    • Kuipers, K. "Formal and Informal Network Coupling and Its Relationship to Workplace Attachment." Sociological Perspectives  52.4 (2009): 455-480. Social Science Module, ProQuest. Web. 26 May. 2010.
  • Visit the Online Student Study Site:
    http://www.pineforge.com/isw6
  • Complete the Check Your Understanding Quiz
  • Complete the Written Assignment
  • Participate in L1 Discussion Forum
2: Developing Research Topics
3: Applying Concepts to Social Research
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 15 Summarizing and Reporting Research
  • Course Reserves:
    • Review the article, “Formal and Informal Network Coupling and Its Relationship to Workplace Attachment" read in Lessons 1 and 2.
    • Read Grant, D., A. Morales, and J. Sallaz. "Pathways to Meaning: A New Approach to Studying Emotions at Work. " The American Journal of Sociology  115.2 (2009): 327. ABI/INFORM Global, ProQuest. Web.  26 May. 2010.
  • Complete the Check Your Understanding Quiz located in ANGEL
  • Complete the Written Assignment
  • Participate in the Discussion Forum
4: Ethics and Policies
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 3
  • Course Reserves:
    • Read Gelles, 2007. The politics of research: The use, abuse, and misuse of social science data—the cases of intimate partner violence. Family Court Review 45:42-51.
    • Read The Belmont Report
      http://ohsr.od.nih.gov/guidelines/belmont.html
      United States Department of Health and Human Services
  • View the Video: DVD Quiet Rage: The Stanford Prison Experiment. 2004. Philip G. Zimbardo and Stanford University. 50 minutes.
    https://streaming.psu.edu/media/?movieId=8829
  • There is no Quiz for this Lesson.
  • Complete the L4 Written Assignment.
  • There is no Discussion Forum for this lesson.
5: Principles of Conceptualization and Measurement
6: Sampling
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 5
  • Course Reserves:
    • Read Burgard, S., and J. Ailshire. "Putting Work to Bed: Stressful Experiences on the Job and Sleep Quality*. " Journal of Health and Social Behavior  50.4 (2009): 476-492.  Research Library Core, ProQuest. Web.  5 Jun. 2010.
    • Review Kuipers, K.. "Formal and Informal Network Coupling and Its Relationship to Workplace Attachment. " Sociological Perspectives  52.4 (2009): 455-480. Social Science Module, ProQuest. Web.  26 May. 2010.
  • Complete Written Assignment #6 [L6]
  • There is no quiz for this lesson.
  • Participate in Discussion Forum #6 [L6]
7: Overview of Research Design and Causation
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 6 (quiz will be based on this chapter only)
    • Skim Schutt Ch. 14 (refer to this chapter often in the next lessons to interpret and understand data analyses)
  • Course Reserves:
    • Read Kikuchi, G., and S. Desmond. "A Longitudinal Analysis of Neighborhood Crime Rates Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling. " Sociological Perspectives  53.1 (2010): 127-150. Social Science Module, ProQuest. Web.  26 May. 2010.
    • Read Zajacova, A., and S. Burgard. "Body Weight and Health from Early to Mid-Adulthood: A Longitudinal Analysis. " Journal of Health and Social Behavior  51.1 (2010): 92-107.  Research Library Core, ProQuest. Web.  5 Jun. 2010.
  • Complete Assignment #7 [L7]
  • Complete Quiz #7 [L7]
  • Participate in Discussion Forum #7 [L7]
8: An Overview of Survey Methods
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 8
  • Course Reserves:
    • Read Sautter, J., R. Tippett, and S. Morgan . "The Social Demography of Internet Dating in the United States." Social Science Quarterly. 91.2 (2010): 555-575.
  • Complete Assignment #8 [L8]
  • Complete Quiz #8 [L8]
  • Participate in Discussion Forum for Lesson 8
9: Introduction to Social Experiment Methodology
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 7
  • Course Reserves:
    • Moen, P., Kelly, E. L., Tranby, E., & Huang, Q. (2011). Changing Work, Changing Health: Can Real Work-Time Flexibility Promote Health Behaviors and Well-Being?. Journal Of Health & Social Behavior, 52(4), 404-429.
    • Tilcsik, A. (2011). Pride and Prejudice: Employment Discrimination against Openly Gay Men in the United States. American Journal Of Sociology, 117(2), 586-686.
  • Complete Assignment #9 [L9]
  • Complete Quiz #9 [L9]
  • Participate in Discussion Forum #9 [L9]
10: Overview of Qualitative Methodology
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Ch. 9 and Ch. 10
  • Course Reserves:
    • Barker, K.(2008). Electronic Support Groups, Patient-Consumers, and Medicalization: The Case of Contested Illness. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol 49 (March): 20–36.
    • Adams, C., Brown, P., Morello-Frosch, R., Brody, J., Rudel, R., Zota, A., & Patton, S. (2011). Disentangling the Exposure Experience: The Roles of Community Context and Report-Back of Environmental Exposure Data. Journal Of Health & Social Behavior, 52(2), 180-196
  • Complete Assignment #10 [L10]
  • Complete Quiz #10 [L10]
  • Participate in Discussion Forum #10 [L10]
11: Final Project Part 1: Identify a Topic
  • Text:
    • Review Schutt Ch. 1
    • Read Schutt Appendix D (eReserve)
  • Review the Library tutorials you completed in Lesson 2.
  • Submit Part 1 to the Lesson 11 dropbox found in the lesson 11 folder.
12: Final Project Part 2: Library Search
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Appendix D (eReserve)
    • Skim Schutt Ch. 11 Evaluation and Policy Research.
  • Review the Library tutorials you completed in Lesson 2.
  • Find at least 6 scholarly references (4 of which must be research reports) related to your topic.
  • Copy and paste the abstracts of the four research articles into the Lesson 12 pre-formatted document
  • Participate in Discussion Forum for Lesson 12
13: Final Project Part 3: Research Critique
  • Text:
    • Read Schutt Appendices B and C
  • Review the Research Critique Guidelines posted in the Lesson folder.
  • Complete an in-depth research critique fo one research article.
  • Complete research evaluation tables for 3 articles.
14: Final Project Part 4: State of the Science Overview
  • Review and revise lesson 11 submission as topic introduction
  • Write a state of the science overview for your topic using the articles you found and ctitiques in Lesson 12 &13.
15: Final Project Part 5: Proposing Future Research
  • Review the differences between quantitative and qualitative research approaches.
  • Propose two studies related to your topic, one from a quantitative approach and one form a qualitative approach.
  • Particpate in the Lesson 15 Discussion. NOTE: THIS DISCUSSION IS REQUIRED.

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