COMM 2820 Research Methods in Communication Studies
Course description
Covers social scientific methods to solve communication research problems empirically. Topics include basic principles of social scientific research, random sampling, questionnaire design, experimental research design, focus group techniques, content analysis, and basic descriptive and inferential statistics. Students also learn basic data manipulation, presentation, and analysis techniques using SPSS and EXCEL.
Outcome 1: Have an appreciation for how we do research in the field of communication and why it is important to understand research methods
Outcome 2: Utilize a variety of communication databases to identify scholarly research related to a research topic of interest
Outcome 3: Understand key concepts and vocabulary used to describe various research paradigms and designs
Outcome 4: Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of communication research designs that utilize in-depth interviews, content analysis, surveys and experiments
Outcome 5: Apply knowledge and skills learned about content analysis to design a codebook to analyze newspaper coverage
Outcome 6: Apply knowledge and skills learned about surveys to design an original questionnaire about media use and a sampling strategy
Outcome 7: Analyze numerical data using descriptive andinferential statistics in EXCEL and SPSS
Outcome 8: Convey statistical information through graphs, charts and figures using EXCEL and SPSS
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Previously offered classes
Summer 2023: Online course
| Section ID: | COMM 2820 001-LEC |
| Number: | 1617 |
| Session: | Summer 3-week 1 |
| Class dates: | May 30-June 16, 2023 |
| Time / room: | M-F 10 AM - 12:15 PM / Online |
| Mode of instruction: | Online (sync) |
| Credit: | 4 |
| Instructor: | Zhang, C. (cz424) |
| To enroll: |
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Summer 2023: Online course
| Section ID: | COMM 2820 201-DIS |
| Number: | 1618 |
| Session: | Summer 3-week 1 |
| Class dates: | May 30-June 16, 2023 |
| Final exam/project due: | TBA (see Final exams) |
| Time / room: | M-F 12:25 PM - 1:25 PM / Online |
| Mode of instruction: | Online (sync) |
| Credit: | 0 |
| Grade: | Graded |
| Instructor: | TBA |
| Max. enroll: | 15 |
| To enroll: | Enrollment for this class is closed.
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