MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Graduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

PLM4890

Empirical research and analysis

Proposed to be offered next in 1997

Hyam Gold

Synopsis The subject will cover research procedures and quantitative research methods useful in testing social theories and empirical hypotheses. Instruction will include basic social statistics and computer usage. The emphasis, however, will not be on number-crunching but on training students to test theoretical or empirical hypotheses against available evidence and on equipping them to undertake their own empirically oriented research projects.

Assessment Written (2000 words): 30% + Examination (2 hours): 25% + Practical work/assignments: 45%

Prescribed texts

• Blalock H M Social statistics rev. 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill
• de Vaus D A Surveys in social research Allen and Unwin