Quantitative Research Methods

SOCI 3040 (with John McLevey)

Course Instructor
John McLevey (he/him)
Professor, Department of Sociology
Memorial University

 

Note: I do not check or respond to email in the evenings or on weekends.

Graduate Assistant
Felix Morrow, PhD Student
Department of Sociology, Memorial University

Where is class? CP-2003 (Chemistry-Physics, Computer Lab)
When is class? Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:30 - 2:50 pm
Office Hours: A4054, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 3:00 - 4:00 pm

SOCI 3040, Quantitative Research Methods, will familiarize students with the procedures for understanding and conducting quantitative social science research. It will introduce students to the quantitative research process, hypothesis development and testing, and the application of appropriate tools for analyzing quantitative data. All sections of this course count towards the HSS Quantitative Reasoning Requirement (see mun.ca/hss/qr). (PR: SOCI 1000 or the former SOCI 2000)

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This course is built around Rohan Alexander’s (2023) Telling Stories with Data.

This section of SOCI 3440 is an introduction to quantitative research methods, from planning an analysis to sharing the final results. Following the workflow from Rohan Alexander’s (2023) Telling Stories with Data, you will learn how to:

  1. plan an analysis and sketch your data and endpoint
  2. simulate some data to β€œforce you into the details”
  3. acquire, assess, and prepare empirical data for analysis
  4. explore and analyze data by creating visualizations and fitting models
  5. share the results of your work with the world!

You will use this workflow in the context of learning foundational quantitative research skills, including conducting exploratory data analyses and fitting, assessing, and interpreting linear and generalized linear models. Reproducibility and research ethics are considered throughout the workflow, and the entire course.

About the Instructor

John McLevey (he/him)
Pronounced like mic-Leave-ee

Land Acknowledgement

We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.

References

Alexander, Rohan. 2023. Telling Stories with Data: With Applications in R. Chapman; Hall/CRC.