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Overview

Note: The course code for this course was previously SOSS3001The ability to conduct high quality quantitative research is a valuable skill for social scientists and applied social researchers. This course offers you a detailed introduction to quantitative research methods and data analysis. The first part of the course elaborates on … For more content click the Read More button below.

Note: The course code for this course was previously SOSS3001

The ability to conduct high quality quantitative research is a valuable skill for social scientists and applied social researchers. This course offers you a detailed introduction to quantitative research methods and data analysis. The first part of the course elaborates on major themes in research design (e.g., measuring social concepts, sampling, data collection) and common challenges (e.g., generalisability, bias, non-response, attrition). The second part introduces you to data analysis techniques commonly used by applied social researchers. We cover: basic descriptive statistics; sampling and distributions; comparisons of means; analysis of contingency tables and categorical association; and correlations. Strategies for presenting quantitative social research data are emphasised throughout the course.

Conditions for Enrolment

Prerequisite: SOSS/SRAP1001

Delivery

Multimodal - Standard (usually weekly or fortnightly)

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Fees

Type	Amount
Commonwealth Supported Students (if applicable)	$1893
Domestic Students	$4890
International Students	$4890

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Undergraduate

Offering Terms
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Term 2

Campus

Sydney

Academic Calendar

Field of Education

090300 Studies In Human Society

Quantitative Social Research

SOSS2002

6 Units of Credit