Jammie Price Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice The University of North Carolina at Wilmington

• What is Sociology and Why are Research Methods Important?*
• Overview of Research Methods* 
• Introduction*
• The Role of Theory in Research*
• Applying Theories to Social Issues*
• Ethics*
• Experiments*
• Surveys*
• Personal Interviews*
• Observation*
• Qualitative Data Analysis
• Data Analysis 2*
• Secondary Data Analysis
• Measurement*
• Survey Measurement*
• Measurement2*
• Sampling*
• Sampling2* (Read parts about sampling)
• Proposal Sections
• Example Proposals and Reports

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