SOC 355 - Quantitative Methods of Social Research

(4 units)

Prerequisites: SOC 100, SOC 170 (or HDEV 190 or PSY 110), SOC 270, and one upper-division course in sociology (300 or 400 level). Completion of at least 60 units.

Review of social research methods with emphasis on research design, including operationalization, measurement, scaling, reliability, validity and sampling; techniques of data collection and analysis. Individual student research projects are required.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours)

General Education: Upper Division B - Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning