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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12bf0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="12c203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>SOCIOLOGY 212: RESEARCH METHODS</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SOCIOLOGY 212: RESEARCH METHODS"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Syllabus"><U>Syllabus</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Research Project"><U>Research Project</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course Grading"><U>Course Grading</U></A>   |   <B>Exercises</B>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles / Overheads "><U>Articles / Overheads </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SPSS Tutorial"><U>SPSS Tutorial</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Excel Graphs/Charts Tutorial"><U>Excel Graphs/Charts Tutorial</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Info"><U>Contact Info</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Past Research Titles"><U>Past Research Titles</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What to do with a Sociology Degree"><U>What to do with a Sociology Degree</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=125 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12af2f02egerdp.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12df0f03.jpg"> <div> <I><B>Exercises</B></I></div> <div> <B>INDIVIDUAL EXERCISES FOR OUTSIDE CLASS</B></div> <div> <B>Fall 2008</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 1:  Due September 22</B></div> <div> Go online to IRB section at: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.uccs.edu/~osp/compliance/humansubjects/guidelines.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.uccs.edu/~osp/compliance/huma"><U><U>http://www.uccs.edu/~osp/compliance/humansubjects/guidelines.html</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <div> Research Involving Human Subjects</div> <bR> <div> Read Sections: II, IV, V and VI - write the following (<B>approx. 1 ½  pages typed - double spaced</B>):</div> <div> 1.  Compare and Contrast the three types of Board Review: Exempt, Expedited, & Full</div> <div> 2.  Student Research:</div> <div> a.  Why are most students not required to go through review</div> <div> b.  When does Student Research need to be board reviewed</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 2:  Due October 6</B></div> <div> Read the Article <B>“Which is the Safest Airline? It All Depends…”</B> - this will be handed out.  </div> <div> The reporters describe a major obstacle facing the federal government's proposal to rank airline safety.  The obstacle is that a single airline can be considered both the safest and the most dangerous in a single year, depending upon the conceptualization and operationalization of “safe.”</div> <bR> <div> Explain how, from a methodologists viewpoint, a single airline could be considered both the safest and the most dangerous.  This analysis should cover issues around conceptualization and operationalization as discussed in Ch. 5.  <B>This should be approximately 1 ½ pages typed, double spaced</B>.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 3: Units of Analysis - IN CLASS, September 29</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 4:  Due October 13</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <div>      To be handed out.  Follow given instructions.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 5:  Due October 29</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> You are to create a Survey based around your Research Topic.  Make sure you have thought about formatting of the questionnaire as well as the questions themselves.  You need a minimum of 10 questions plus 2-3 demographic questions (this is standard even if you don't think you will be analyzing at that time).  Attach a final revision in the Appendix of your Report.</div> <div> <B>     </B></div> <div> <B>To be Handed in October 29</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B>  </B></div> <div>           1.  Create the 1<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >st</FONT> draft of the survey you will be handing out.  Give it your best shot (keeping </div> <div>                 in mind formatting of question wording and structure.)</div> <div>           2.  I will make suggestions/comments/ for you to review & make corrections and return back </div> <div>                 to me.</div> <bR> <div> <B>     Afterwards:</B></div> <div> <B>3.  Once you make corrections, you need to receive final approval of your survey.</B></div> <div> <B><U>Please do NOT distribute until I have seen the survey - points will be deducted </U></B></div> <div> <B><U>from the project if this is done.</U></B></div> <div> 4.  Attach a final revised copy to the Appendix of your Report.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 6: Questionnaire Wording - IN CLASS, October 20</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 7: Sampling Exercise - IN CLASS,  October 27</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Exercise 8:  Due November 5</B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>th</B></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> To be handed out.  Follow given instructions.  Make sure that you use standard formatting for the bivariate table.  Complete both sides.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>