This course will teach you to investigate the world through a sociological lens and give you experience designing studies and using many of the fundamental tools of sociological research. You will build a strong set of skills that may serve you well in your future workplace, including research design, critical thinking about data, construction and administration of qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments, data management, and applied statistical and textual analysis. This class is intense and involves a lot of active learning. You will write a literature review, design studies, collect and analyze data, and present your methods and your findings. Please note that it is essential that you have taken a basic statistics course before enrolling in this class. I will teach you some basic statistical analysis, and we will assume that you have studied these statistics (though I will briefly refresh your memory)
