Evidence collecting day!

Today we will gather evidence of your mastery of the course.  Don't worry, it's not a test!

IF YOU ARE ABSENT TODAY - You have 1 week to make up the assessment in the Assessment Center, (or is the Evidence Center?)

REMINDERS:

• Do not look around the room. (No Shifty eyes)
• Please write on test - put your name on it.
• REMEMBER: You are more than your assessment score. :-)

WHEN FINISHED:

• Turn in Unit 2 notes packet
• Take a self assessment.
• Take a new reading packet and student note packet for unit 2.
• If you have time, complete the self assessment.

Review for Unit 2: Sociological Research

Review for Unit 2: Sociological Research

secondary v. primary sources

longitudinal research

cross-sectional research

cross-cultural

parts of an academic research journal

            Abstract

            Introduction

            Literature Review

            Methods

            Data

            Conclusion

Sudhir Venkatesh’s "Gang Leader for a Day"

Methods of sociological research - identify using a primary source

            ethnography

            surveys and interviews

            existing data

            audit study

            experiment

qualitative v. quantitative

Important considerations in research:

            a likert scale

            rapport

            field notes

            a survey

Macro v. micro

Groups

            primary v. secondary

Statuses v. roles

            master status

            ascribed status

            achieved statuses

            status inconsistency

            role strain

            role conflict

           

ingroups v. outgroups

stereotypes v. generalizations

Joel Charon’s “Should We Generalize about People?”

Damned Lies and Statistics

As students enter, please look over the reading by Joel Best called The Truth about...."


Be ready to answer questions about the reading.

Watch this humorous take on science and stats from John Oliver.



Class Discussion of reading.

• What's the problem with the statistic about children killed by guns?
• What are the 2 harmful ways that people view statistics?
• How should we view statistics?

Sociological literacy: What are important considerations about statistics?

Answer the questions on the last page of the notes packet.


Apply Best's reading to your own research.