Research Concepts course content enables investigation of the principles of scientific research including understanding and application of the major methods of research inquiry.

Course Topics Include:

• Introduction to inquiry & science
• Paradigms, theory, & research
• Causation
• Research design
• Conceptualization
• Operationalization
• Indexes, scales, & typologies
• Sampling
• Experiments
• Surveys
• Field research
• Unobtrusive research
• Evaluation research
• Quantifying data
• Elementary analyses
• Elaboration Model
• Social statistics
• Ethics
• Uses of social research