Research Methods - Sociology - Social Inequalities - UCF Research Guides at University of Central Florida Libraries

Core/Essential Readings

Core/Essential Readings – Students should read/be very familiar with each of the following:

Allison, P. D. 1999. Multiple regression: A primer. Pine Forge Press.
Hoffmann. (2016). Regression Models for Categorical, Count, and Related Variables : An Applied Approach. University of California Press,. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520965492
Lune, H. and Berg, B. 2017. Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences. Pearson.
Firebaugh. (2008). Seven rules for social research. Princeton University Press.
Linneman, T. J. 2017. Social statistics: Managing data, conducting analyses, presenting results. Routledge.
Bonilla-Silva, & Zuberi, T. (2008). White logic, white methods : racism and methodology. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Additional Readings

Additional Readings – Students should be familiar with some of the following works as well as course readings and additional materials as they apply to the students’ methodological expertise.

Babbie, E. R. 2020. The practice of social research. Cengage learning.
Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. 2003. The craft of research. Chicago guides to writing, editing.
Burch, & Heinrich, C. J. (2016). Mixed methods for policy research and program evaluation. SAGE.
Charmaz, K. 2014. Constructing grounded theory. Sage.
Cope, & Elwood, S. (2009). Qualitative GIS a mixed methods approach (1st ed.). SAGE.
Compton, Meadow, T., Schilt, K., & Compton, D. R. (2018). Other, please specify : queer methods in sociology (D. R. (D’Lane R. Compton, T. Meadow, & K. Schilt, Eds.). University of California Press.
Esposito, & Evans-Winters, V. E. (2022). Introduction to intersectional qualitative research. SAGE Publications, Inc.
Evans-Winters. (2019). Black feminism in qualitative inquiry : a mosaic for writing our daughter’s body. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351046077
Fornango. (2010). When Space Matters: Spatial Dependence, Diagnostics, and Regression Models. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 21(2), 117–135. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511251003693652
McMaster, R. B., & Usery, E. L. (Eds.). (2004). A research agenda for geographic information science.
Miles, M.B. A.M. Huberman, and J. Saldana. 2020. Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook. Sage.
Sinton, D. S., & Lund, J. J. (2007). Understanding place: GIS and mapping across the curriculum. ESRI, Inc.

Sample Questions

Select one of the journal articles listed below and explain each of the following in sentence format using your own words. Note that you may need to research beyond just the article to find some of the information, especially about the sample and data collection procedures: Research question(s); hypotheses; independent variable(s); dependent variable(s); data source; data sample; population; sample inclusion/exclusion criteria; data collection procedures; sample demographics; statistical tests; significant findings; non-significant findings. Include an interpretation of all tables and figures and an explanation of all findings. Conclude with discussion of strengths and limitations of the methodological approach.