SOC4821: Measuring the Social World: Concepts and Analysis

3 Credits

In this course, you will develop practical social science data analysis skills for use in the non-profit or corporate workplace or in a graduate program of research. You will assess the measurement of important social concepts, like race, health, or education, in large social surveys, and the strengths and weaknesses of those different measurement techniques. You will conduct data analysis on large datasets (see, e.g., www.ipums.org) using a statistical software program, such as STATA. You will develop a substantive, empirical final project (poster and paper) based on your analysis. prereq: SOC 3801 or equiv, and SOC 3811 or equivalent

View on University Catalog

All Instructors

A Average (3.969)Most Common: A (83%)

This total also includes data from semesters with unknown instructors.

48 students
SWFDCBA
  • 4.30

    /5

    Recommend
  • 4.15

    /5

    Understanding
  • 4.24

    /5

    Interesting


  • Samyok Nepal

    Website/Infrastructure Lead

  • Kanishk Kacholia

    Backend/Data Lead

  • Joey McIndoo

    Feature Engineering

Contribute on our Github

Gopher Grades is maintained by Social Coding with data from Summer 2017 to Fall 2024 provided by the Office of Institutional Data and Research

Privacy Policy