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SOCY341 Survey Methods

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam None
Pre-requisites either 12 cp at 100 level in Sociology of which 6 cp can be concurrent or 12 cp at 100 level in Psychology or both 6 cp at 100 level in Sociology and 6 cp at 100 level in Psychology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions SOCY 241, 441
Notes None
Combined Units SOCY441 - Survey Methods
Coordinator(s) Eric Livingston (elivings@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Survey research plays a major part in business, in government and, in general, in the administration, regulation and monitoring of contemporary society. It also supplies the dominant methodology for sociological research. This unit examines the collection and analysis of data in sociology, at present focusing on survey methodology. The unit provides an introduction to the major components of survey methodology as parts of an integrated technology for sociological enquiry. The unit stresses basic skills and seeks to develop a general literacy in sociological research.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

No texts required
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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