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Course Assignment Schedule – Summer 2015

Interdisciplinary Research Methods for Sociology (SOCY 601), Education (EDUS 660),

Social Work (SLWK 609) and Public Administration (PADM, GVPA, CRJS and URSP 623)

To Read, View and Review

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Due Date**

WEEK 1: May 18 – 24 COURSE OVERVIEW, EXPECTATIONS, FORMAT AND RESOURCES

 Babbie Chapter 1: Human Inquiry and Science (Text)

 Begin Library Resources Activities (Online)

 Participation Requirements (Online)

 Food for Thought Blog Response (Topic Tag = “first”)

 Chapter 1 Self-Assessment Quiz (Blackboard)

 Self-enroll in a Proposal Group (Blackboard)

 Wednesday, May 20

 Friday May 22

 Sunday, May 25

WEEK 2: May 25 – 31 PROCESS, PROBLEMS, THEORY AND MODEL BUILDING IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

 Schutt Chapter 2: The Process and Problems of Social

Research (PDF)

 “The Data Don’t Speak for Themselves” (PDF)

 Screencast – Overview of the Research Process (Online)

 Complete Library Resources Activities (Online)

 Food for Thought Blog Response (Topic Tag = “errors”)

 Chapter 2 Self-Assessment Quiz (Blackboard)

 Brainstorm Your Topic Worksheet (Blackboard Group

Assignment)

 Wednesday, May 27

 Friday, May 29

 Sunday May 31

WEEK 3: June 1 – 7 THE ETHICS AND POLITICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH

 Babbie Chapter 3: The Ethics and Politics of Social

Research (Text)

 CITI Basic Human Subjects Protection Training in Social

and Behavioral Research (Online - allow a minimum of 6

hours to complete)

 Food for Thought Blog Response (Topic Tag = “healthcare”)

 Submission of Successful CITI Exam Score Documentation

(Blackboard)

 Research Proposal Group Contract (Blackboard Group

Assignment)

 Wednesday, June 3

 Friday, June 5

 Sunday, June 7

WEEK 4: June 8 – 14 RESEARCH DESIGN

 Babbie Chapter 4: Research Design (Text)

 “Independent, Dependent and Confounding Variables in

Quantitative Research” (Video)

 In Search of Social Regularities (PPT Slideset)

 Food for Thought Blog Response (Topic Tag = “ethics”)

 Chapter 4 Self-Assessment Quiz (Blackboard)

 Literature Review Worksheet (Blackboard Group

Assignment)

 Wednesday, June 10

 Friday, June 12

 Sunday, June 14

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