Doing Social Survey Research

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

  1. Understand the link between quantitative research design, survey procedure and statistical analysis.
  2. Understand quantitative social science research critically.
  3. Analyse survey data using appropriate statistical models.
  4. Carry out a statistical analysis using R.
  5. Interpret statistical outputs in plain language.
  6. Conduct original research using quantitative research methods.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MAQ-PSP-MAS-2022 - Master of Public and Social Policy

Elective

• MAQ-INT-MAS-2022 - Master of Intelligence
• MAQ-CYB-MAS-2022 - Master of Cyber Security Analysis
• MAQ-CRM-MAS-2022 - Master of Criminology
• MAQ-MCT-MAS-2022 - Master of Counter Terrorism
• OUA-PSU-GCE-2022 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
• MAQ-SEC-MAS-2022 - Master of Security and Strategic Studies
• UNE-PRO-GCE-2022 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-SOCX830 (Not currently available)

Others

Admission to MPSP or MPASR or GradCertPASR or GradDipPASR (OUA)
NCCW (pre-2020 units) SGY889, SOC830, SOCX830
NCCW (2020 and onwards) SOCI 8015 Doing Social Survey Research

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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