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Methods of Empirical Investigation
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Course Number:
291
Semesters Offered:
Fall or Spring
Credits:
4+ Also listed as Anthropology 291. An overview of the research process in social science, focusing on problems of epistemology, research design, techniques of sampling, methods of data collection, principles of measurement, problems of inference and proof, basic methods of data analysis, and ethical considerations.
Prerequisite:
Sociology 111 or Anthropology 104; and at least one 200-level sociology course; and Mathematics 115, or 209 (preferred), or 336. Instructor(s):
Staff
* Indicates courses not offered every year.
Additional Information
The Grinnell College Academic Catalog is printed every two years, with interim changes provided online. The most recent printed catalog is dated 2011-13.





