Social Diversity and Inequality Research

Abstract

This research assignment helps students to achieve two major objectives in an introductory sociology course: 1) identifying the causes and consequences of inequality in society and 2) demonstrating an understanding of the role of evidence in qualitative and quantitative research. The assignment has two parts: an interview and a research paper. First, each...

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Introduction to Sociology/Social Problems

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

College 200

Class Size(s):

Any

Usage Notes

Timeline:
1. Students may conduct the interviews at any point in the term prior to when you need to organize the data for teaching analysis.
2. One class period is required to teach students how to analyze the data.
3. The paper should be due after you have covered content on racial and gender inequalities so that they can incorporate it...

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. 1) Identify the existence of social divisions and inequalities in society.
2. 2) Demonstrate the use qualitative and quantitative methods in sociological research.

Goal Assessment(s):

1. 1) Identification of social divisions and inequalities is assessed in the "Results" section of the research paper.
2. 2) Demonstration of the use of qualitative and quantitative methods is assessed through the interview assignment, the creation of a table, and their discussion of methods in the research paper.