SOC 346 - Survey Design and Analysis in the Social Sciences

4 Hour(s)
Survey says… what exactly? Can any public opinion polls be trusted? Are all survey statistics just lies, lies, and more lies? Explore how survey research methods are used to obtain empirical data on the cultural and societal dimensions of social issues, the economy, politics, religion, science, and the environment . Learn how to assess reports of survey data, construct questionnaires, and interpret survey results. Design an original survey to distribute with a sample of your choosing. Develop skills needed to: make data-based decisions in organizational leadership and corporate or ecosystems management; use survey data in career or policy decisions; and prepare for graduate school research. This applied survey analytics course is for sociology, criminal justice, communication, and political science majors, or those also majoring in business, education, public health, biology, environmental science, and health sciences interested in exploring cultural and human dimensions of societal or environmental issues via social science survey research data.

FA odd years
Prerequisite(s): SOC/POL 266 OR COM 150, OR equivalent research methods course and consent of instructor