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277. SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS. Research methods in the major phases of sociology investigation: the logic of research, its design and analysis, and specific methods of data collection. Includes training in locating, assessing, importing, modifying and analyzing secondary data; general knowledge of key sociological information sources; basic MicroCase and SPSS statistical software training; and hands-on instruction in all stages of writing professional research reports. This course fulfills the discipline-specific Writing Intensive (WI) and Information Literacy (IL) requirements for Sociology majors. Three lectures and two lab hours per week. Prerequisite: Six hours of sociology including Sociology 101. Fall semester only, four hours.