Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation
Fifth Edition
by Daniel F. Chambliss and Russell K. Schutt
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Chapter 1: Science, Society, and Social Research
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- Look at social research findings on use of social media
- Watch a panel discussion about the impacts and use of social science in the UK.
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- Listen to what data of online relationships tell us about our social world.
- Listen to Putnam's take on religion based on his past social research findings.
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Chapter 2: The Process and Problems of Social Research
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- Watch some advice for new researchers.
- Watch an explanation of cohort designs and how they fit into research.
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- Listen to why Gallup and other public opinion polls differ in their results.
- Listen to Eric Klinenberg describe his research.
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Chapter 3: Ethics in Research
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- Watch more about Milgram's experiment.
- Watch excerpts from Zimbardo's prison experiment at Stanford University.
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- Listen to a description of another case of unethical research.
- Listen to how Zimbardo's research continues to inform ethics.
- Listen to issues of consent with social media data collection.
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Chapter 4: Conceptualization and Measurement
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- Watch how social scientists find different ways to measure social inequality.
- Watch a detailed description of the different levels of measurement.
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- Listen to a validity issue noted in the US Census regarding same-sex couples.
- Listen to what reliability is and how it affects social research.
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Chapter 5: Sampling
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- Watch a guide to the types of sampling and how they relate to the population.
- Watch a clip on how the US Census Bureau uses research to inform social policy.
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- Listen to how sampling methods mattered in 2012 presidential election polls.
- Listen to an account of a study using a large convenience sampling method.
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Chapter 6: Causation and Experimental Design
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- Watch an overview on carefully planning your social research.
Watch a lecture on threats to internal validity.
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- Listen to elements of control, comparison, and manipulation in experimental design.
- Listen to how researchers are attempting to generalize research on concussions.
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Chapter 7: Survey Research
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- Watch a webinar on creating good survey questions.
- Watch a video on survey design in a specific context.
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- Listen to what we can learn from survey research.
- Listen to new ways researchers are getting survey data.
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Chapter 8: Elementary Quantitative Data Analysis
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- Watch a clip about how quantitative data can affect policy.
- Watch a discussion about why data visualization is important.
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Chapter 9: Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening
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- Watch an explanation of ethnography as a method of qualitative research.
- Watch a lecture on participant observation and ethnography.
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- Listen for advice on how to prepare for and conduct qualitative interviews.
- Listen to advice on how to conduct a focus group.
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Chapter 10: Qualitative Data Analysis
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- Watch and compare qualitative and quantitative data.
- Watch a video on understanding and developing a mixed methods approach.
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- Listen to the uses for and development of narrative analysis.
- Listen to how visual sociology is used.
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Chapter 11: Unobtrusive Measures
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- Watch a discussion on using unobtrusive measures in research.
- Watch a clip about current international comparative research.
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Chapter 12: Evaluation Research
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- Watch a lecture on the elements of a needs assessment.
- Watch how cost-benefit analyses are important in making public policy decisions.
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- Listen to a variety of podcasts on current trends and issues in evaluation research.
- Listen to the results of a program with different outcomes.
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Chapter 13: Reviewing, Proposing, and Reporting Research
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- Watch a lecture on creating an effective research proposal.
- Watch advice on how to anticipate writing, organizing, and presenting the results of social research.
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- Listen to the vastly different conclusions from research on how video games affect children.
- Listen to a podcast on understanding the elements of a journal article.
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