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In this class, students learn how social scientists conduct research to test their assumptions and develop scientific accounts of patterns of human action, attitudes and social life. This course provides a general overview of scientific methods of analysis – both quantitative and qualitative – and gives students opportunities to try them out. They develop and implement a research project and learn how to be conscientious consumers of research. The core concepts of sociological research are powerful tools even for those who never do social science professionally. The skills learned in this class – asking good questions, finding relevant data sources and literature, understanding ethical issues associated with research – will last long after the semester ends. Prerequisite: SSCI 224.