Sociological Research Methods Summer 2008 tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2009:/clar0514/class//6010 2008-08-19T20:25:31Z Movable Type 4.25 Qualitative and Quantitative analysis - Aug. 19th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.138977 2008-08-19T20:24:54Z 2008-08-19T20:25:31Z Download file... Maureen Clark Download file

]]> Revisions Aug. 14th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.138569 2008-08-14T20:33:39Z 2008-08-14T21:24:55Z Download file... Maureen Clark Download file

]]> Existing Data Homework Assignment tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.138556 2008-08-14T19:01:01Z 2008-08-14T19:02:50Z The American Library Association (ALA) awards the Newbery medal for adolescent fiction. For this exercise, you will use the ALA website (www.ala.org) to answer questions about the gender of characters in Newbery winners and honor books over the last decade.... Maureen Clark The American Library Association (ALA) awards the Newbery medal for adolescent fiction. For this exercise, you will use the ALA website (www.ala.org) to answer questions about the gender of characters in Newbery winners and honor books over the last decade.
You are asked to do a content analysis:
First, Find a list of Newbery award winners and honor books for the last 10 years.
Begin your content analysis of the titles of these books by listing the titles that suggest to you that there is a female character in the book.
Now list the titles that suggests to you there is a male character in the book.
Titles may fall into more than one category.
What are you able to tell about gender in adolescent fiction? What conclusions can you draw from your analysis? Are there any other variable that could be useful for analysis

]]> Proofreading for the final paper tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.138555 2008-08-14T18:57:19Z 2008-08-14T18:59:06Z Purdue University writing center has produced an number of great pieces about the writing process. Here I've included the link to Proofreading. If you do not have this skill perfected (few of us do) you should really read this piece.... Maureen Clark Purdue University writing center has produced an number of great pieces about the writing process. Here I've included the link to Proofreading. If you do not have this skill perfected (few of us do) you should really read this piece.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/

]]> Evaluation Research- Aug. 7th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137976 2008-08-07T21:47:24Z 2008-08-07T21:49:34Z Download file... Maureen Clark Download file

]]> Existing Data Homework assignment tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137938 2008-08-07T18:28:56Z 2008-08-07T18:31:20Z The American Library Association (ALA) awards the Newbery medal for adlescent fiction. For this exercise, you will use the ALA website (www.ala.org) to answer questions about the gender of characters in Newbery winners and honor books over the last decade.... Maureen Clark The American Library Association (ALA) awards the Newbery medal for adlescent fiction. For this exercise, you will use the ALA website (www.ala.org) to answer questions about the gender of characters in Newbery winners and honor books over the last decade.
Find a list of Newbery award winners and honor books for the last 10 years.
Begin your content analysis of the titles of these books by listing the titles that suggest to you that there is a female character in the book.
Now list the titles that suggests to you there is a male character in the book.
Titles may fall into more than one category.
What are you able to tell about gender in adolescent fiction? What conclusions can you draw from your analysis? Are there any other variable that could be useful for analysis
http://www.ala.org

]]> Oral Presentation outline tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137807 2008-08-06T18:11:10Z 2008-08-06T18:12:44Z A good oral presentation will cover these points. An Introduction to the topic The research question and/or hypothesis A brief discussion of the relevant literature: how was the literature review organized. A discussion of the methods they will use to... Maureen Clark A good oral presentation will cover these points.

An Introduction to the topic
The research question and/or hypothesis
A brief discussion of the relevant literature: how was the literature review
organized.
A discussion of the methods they will use to answer their
questions.
a conclusion including a discussion of the problems faced in
working on this project.

]]> Unobtrusive measures- Aug 5th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137764 2008-08-05T21:39:47Z 2008-08-05T21:40:53Z Download file... Maureen Clark Download file

]]> Homework due Aug 7th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137398 2008-07-31T22:42:29Z 2008-07-31T22:47:35Z Instead of exercise 5.1 you will need to conduct an ethnographic study. If you were not in class on July 31st you will need to go to a public setting (such as a coffee shop, restaurant, bookstore etc.); one that... Maureen Clark Instead of exercise 5.1 you will need to conduct an ethnographic study. If you were not in class on July 31st you will need to go to a public setting (such as a coffee shop, restaurant, bookstore etc.); one that you have not been to before. You will need to take fieldnotes for a half hour or longer.
List of Important things to inclulde in Notes- Chiseri-Strater and Sunstein (1997)
Date, time, and place of observation
Specific facts, numbers, details of what happens at the site
Sensory impressions: sights, sounds, textures, smells, tastes
Personal responses to the fact of recording fieldnotes
Specific words, phrases, summaries of conversations, and insider language
Questions about people or behaviors at the site for future investigation
Page numbers to help keep observations in order

You will be turning in your fieldnotes so keep that in mind.
You need to type a two page paper about your fieldwork. That does not include your field notes which need to be included.
Tell a story about your fieldwork. Your experience with fieldwork. What issues or problems did you have? What would you do differently next time? What did you miss?

]]> Fieldwork -July 31st tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137397 2008-07-31T22:42:01Z 2008-07-31T22:42:24Z Download file... Maureen Clark Download file

]]> Midterm answer Key tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137396 2008-07-31T22:40:17Z 2008-07-31T22:41:32Z Here is the answer key. I have not finalized the midterm grade. Download file... Maureen Clark Here is the answer key. I have not finalized the midterm grade.

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]]> Literature Review Due Aug.5th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137313 2008-07-30T19:46:27Z 2008-07-30T19:47:30Z To ensure high quality papers the Literature Review has been moved to Aug. 5th. Remember you may turn in papers early to 909 Social Sciences building.... Maureen Clark To ensure high quality papers the Literature Review has been moved to Aug. 5th. Remember you may turn in papers early to 909 Social Sciences building.

]]> Survey lecture- July 29th tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137224 2008-07-29T22:48:15Z 2008-07-29T22:51:22Z Download file... Maureen Clark Download file

]]> Literature Review example tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137223 2008-07-29T22:44:22Z 2008-07-29T22:45:26Z Here is an example of a Literature Review. Remember it is a guide, not a template. Download file... Maureen Clark Here is an example of a Literature Review. Remember it is a guide, not a template.


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]]> MN historical society tag:blog.lib.umn.edu,2008:/clar0514/class//6010.137221 2008-07-29T22:40:30Z 2008-07-29T22:42:04Z For those interested the MN historical society is collecting stories from Minnesotans. Here is a link to get more information http://people.mnhs.org/mgg/sharestory.cfm You may do an interview and a story for the interview/survey homework.... Maureen Clark For those interested the MN historical society is collecting stories from Minnesotans. Here is a link to get more information
http://people.mnhs.org/mgg/sharestory.cfm

You may do an interview and a story for the interview/survey homework.

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