Department of Sociology Podcasts

Department of Sociology Podcasts

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Cees van der Eijk on “Contextualising Research Methods

Cees van der Eijk gives a talk for the Sociology seminar series. Cees van der Eijk discusses teaching quantitative methods, focussing on the need in successful methods teaching to locate methods topics in (a) the context of substantive research questions and examples, but also (b ...  عرض المزيد

Chris Zorn on ’Big Data' in the Social Sciences

Chris Zorn discusses teaching quantitative methods focussing on (a) integrating contemporary data science approaches into undergraduate instruction, and (b) using "big data" examples to generate and maintain students' interest. 

John Fox on R software for teaching quantitative methods to social science students

John Fox discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially focusing on the choice of software with a demonstration of R and R Commander. 

Robert Johns on SPSS and Stata software for teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Robert Johns (Essex University) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, focusing on comparing the use of SPSS and Stata. 

Wendy Olsen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Wendy Olsen discusses her experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.