SOC313 DATA PROCESSING I

Course Code:2320313
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:6.0
Department:Sociology
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Undergraduate
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Offered Semester:Once in several years.

Course Objectives


Course Content

The purpose of this course is to teach students how to process a given set of information both mechanically and sociologically. Students will learn how to transform information into a machine-readable form, and how to use computer package programs such as SPSS, BMDP or SAS. Having acquainted themselves with these skills, students are expected to make inferences about data. To learn how to make data speak is the major objective of this course.


Course Learning Outcomes


Program Outcomes Matrix

Level of Contribution
#Program Outcomes0123
1To correlate sociology and other social sciences
2To interpret knowledge produced by society from a sociological perspective
3To renew and improve their accumulation by following up-to-date publications and research programs in their fields
4To be open to occupational novelties in order to understand social change
5To produce original solutions within and outside the discipline and in interdisciplinary levels
6To know and implement the ethics of sociological research
7To be aware of social, environmental, and economic effects in the areas where sociological approaches are appropriated
8To use and transfer the accumulation of sociological knowledge in an interdisciplinary way
9To understand social structures and dynamics by correlating the past, the present and the future
10To connect social theories of knowledge and social practices

0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution