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SOCY441 Survey Methods

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	SOCY241 or SOCY341
Notes	None
Combined Units	SOCY341 - 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 and provides an introduction to the major components of survey methodology as an integrated technology for sociological enquiry. The unit stresses basic skills and seeks to develop a general literacy in sociological research.
Materials	No text required
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	Mode	No. Words
Practical assignment 1		20%
Assessment Notes
Practical assignment

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Practical assignment 2		20%
Assessment Notes
Practical assignment

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Take Home Exam		60%		2200
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

practically develop, use, and evaluate the major components of survey methodology in the context of sociological research;
link these components to develop a coherent research proposal using survey methods;
undertake further study, and develop more advanced skills, in quantitative and survey research in sociology.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline The unit concerns sociology's central research method. It is taught in lectures, study notes and readings, practised in tutorial and online exercises, and assessed via worksheet assignments and the exam.
2	Communication Skills The unit involves understanding, formulation, and communicating survey research. Stresses careful, concise writing as per disciplinary practice. Communication skills will be taught and assessed through each assessment task.
3	Global Perspectives Survey research methods are now used through society and the world. It is an assessed component of the assessment tasks.
4	Information Literacy Critical understanding of the results of survey research are a key aspect of information literacy. It is an assessed component of the assessment tasks.
5	Life-Long Learning The unit reaches, assesses, and practices skills for using and critically evaluating survey research. It is an assessed component of the assessment tasks.
6	Problem Solving The unit involves problem solving and the formulation of original work in the context of survey research. Students' problem solving skills are developed and assessed in their assessment tasks.
7	Social Responsibility The unit involves responsibility both in terms of unit work and in terns of research ethics. It is an assessed component of the assessment tasks.
8	Team Work The unit teaches one of the basic methods of collaborative research.