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課程名稱 |
社會科學量化研究方法
Quantitative Methods for Social Science |
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開課學期 |
111-1 |
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授課對象 |
生物資源暨農學院 生物產業傳播暨發展學研究所 |
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授課教師 |
謝雨生 |
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課號 |
BICD7115 |
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課程識別碼 |
630 M3380 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
必修 |
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上課時間 |
星期三2,3,4(9:10~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
生傳418室 |
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備註 |
先修課目：研究方法、統計學。
總人數上限：30人 |
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核心能力關聯 |
本課程尚未建立核心能力關連 |
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課程概述 |
This course provides graduate students with a systematic treatment of many major issues of quantitative research, including conceptualization, measurement, and data analysis for the social research. Research design, model building, mechanisms, counterfactual causal inferences from non-experimental data, generalized linear models, and report writing are all emphasized in this course. |
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課程目標 |
待補 |
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課程要求 |
1. 所有上課的同學都需要按照進度課前閱讀指定的專書或研究論文(R1-R7)，並於上課時繳交依下列各問題撰寫研究論文(R1-R5)的閱讀紀要或閱讀心得(R6-R7)。紀要內容為回答十項問題，頁數不限，請使用中文書寫。除了在課堂上繳交作業紙本外，同學亦必須在上課前一天凌晨12點前，將該次作業的電子檔(pdf檔)上傳至本課程網站(ntu cool)，才算作業繳交完畢。
(1). 作者為什麼要進行這個研究？
(2). 研究的問題和研究目的分別是什麼？
(3). 作者選擇了哪些詮釋理論？這些理論的大致內容如何？
(4). 研究的主要假設有哪些？
(5). 研究的樣本和資料來源如何？
(6). 研究的重要變項有哪些？(請區分自變項和依變項及控制變項)
(7). 作者採用哪些統計分析方法來處理研究資料？
(8). 此研究有哪些重要研究發現？
(9). 你對這篇研究整體的評論如何？
(10). 你對這篇論文閱讀後的心得。
2. 上課同學要參與課堂的報告提問和討論。
3. 課程的後段(數量方法部分)會有實際的資料分析，所有上課同學都要繳交所指定的作業。
4. 期末考為one-week take-home exam。
5. 課程成績計算：平時作業40%，期末考佔50%，課堂報告和討論參與佔10%。
>提醒，也是規定<
所有課程要求的作業一定要親自作，不能假手他人，或是抄襲他人的作業；不遵守者，本課程成績以不及格處理。
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指定閱讀 |
Readings of Empirical Study (These readings are changed each semester)
R1 : Umberson Debra, Zhiyong Lin, and Hyungmin Cha
2022 “Gender and Social Isolation across the Life Course.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 63(3):319-335.
R2 : Pfortner, Timo-Kolja, Holger Pfaff, and Frank J. Elgar
2022 “Dualized Labor Market and Polarized Health: A Longitudinal Perspective on the Association between Precarious Employment and Mental and Physical Health in Germany.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 63(3):357-374.
R3 : Ruppel, Emily H., Stephanie Child, Claude S. Fischer, and Marian Botchway
2022 “Causal Relationships between Personal Networks and Health: A Comparison of Three Modeling Strategies.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 63(3):392-409.
R4 : Macmillan, Ross and Michael J. Shanahan
2022 “Explaining the Occupational Structure of Depressive Symptoms: Precarious Work and Social Marginality across European Countries.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 63(3):446-469.
R5 : Wilmers, Nathan and Letian Zhang
2022 “Values and Inequality: Prosocial Jobs and the College Wage Premium.” American Sociological Review 87(3):415-442.
R6 : Stanovich, Keith E.
2007 “How to Think Straight about Psychology. 8th edition.” Allyn and Bacon, Pearson Education, Inc.
楊中芳譯。《這才是心裡學！教你如何以科學方法培養批判性思考的能力。》遠流。
R7 : Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
2011 “The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.”
黃佳瑜譯。《社會不平等：為何國家越富裕，社會問題越多？》時報出版。 |
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參考書目 |
Text of Research methods
T1 : Babbie, Earl.
2013 “The Practice of Social Research.” 13th edition. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
T2 : Neuman, W. Lawrence
2014 “Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches.” 7th edition (Pearson New International Edition). Boston: Pearson Education Limited.
T3 : Kumar, Ranjit
2014 “Research Methodology: a step-by-step guide for beginners.” 4th edition. Sage Publication.
T4 : Creswell, John W.
2015 “A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research.” Los Angeles: Sage.
T5 : Creswell, John W.
2016 “30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher.” Los Angeles: Sage.
Reference for SAS Package
Cody, Ron 2007. “Learning SAS by Example: A Programmer’s Guide.” SAS Institute Inc.
Cody, Ron and Jeffrey K. Smith 2006. “Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language. 5th edition.” Pearson, Prentice Hall.
Reference (The following articles are used as readings in the previous years)
Johfre, Sasha Shen and Jeremy Freese
2021 “Reconsidering the Reference Category.” Sociological Methodology 51(2): 253-269.
Brand, Jennie E., Jiahui Xu, Bernard Koch, and Pablo Geraldo
2021 “Uncovering Sociological Effect Heterogeneity Using Tree-based Machine Learning.”
Sociological Methodology 51(2): 189-223.
Marteleto, Leticia J, Molly Dondero, Jennifer Van Hook, Luiz C. D. Gama, and Rachel Konnelly
2021 “Intersection of Adolescent Well-Being: School, Work, and Weight Status in Brazil.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 62(1):69-84.
Mustillo, Sarah, Miao Li, Patricia Morton, and Kenneth F. Ferraro
2021 “Early Origins of Body Mass in Later Life: Examining Childhood Risks and Adult Pathways.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 62(2):152-169.
Pfeffer, Fabian T. and Nora Waitkus
2021 “The Wealth Inequality of Nations.” American Sociological Review 86(4):567-602.
Maralani, Vida and Camille Portier
2021 “The Consolidation of Education and Health in Families.” American Sociological Review 86(4):670-699.
Monk, Ellis P., Jr. Michael H. Esposito and Hedwig Lee
2021 “Beholding Inequality: Race, Gender, and Return to Physical Attractiveness in the United States.” American Journal of Sociology 127(1):194-241.
Johfre, Sasha Shen and Jeremy Freese
2021 “Reconsidering the Reference Category.” Sociological Methodology 51(2): 253-269.
Brand, Jennie E., Jiahui Xu, Bernard Koch, and Pablo Geraldo
2021 “Uncovering Sociological Effect Heterogeneity Using Tree-based Machine Learning.”
Sociological Methodology 51(2): 189-223.
Badawy, Philip J. and Scott Schieman.
2020 “Control and the Health Effects of Work-Family Conflict: A Longitudinal Test of Generalized Versus Specific Stress Buffering.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 61(3):324-341.
Storer, Adam, Daniel Schneider, and Kristen Harknett
2020 “What Explains Racial/Ethnic Inequality in Job Quality in the Service Sector?” American Sociological Review 85(4):537-572.
Downey, Douglas and Benjamin G. Gibbs
2020. “Kids These Days: Are Face-to-Face Social Skills among American Children Declining?” American Journal of Sociology 125(4):1030-1083.
Musick, Kelly, Megan Doherty Bea, and Pilar Gonalons-Pons
2020 “His and Her Earnings Following Parenthood in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.” American Sociological Review 85(4):639-674.
Lee, Dohoon and Byungkyu Lee
2020 “The Role of Multilayered Peer Groups in Adolescent Depression: A Distributional Approach. American Journal of Sociology 125(6):1513-1558.
Chen, Feinian, et al.
2019. “Time-use Profiles, Chronic Role Overload, and Women’s Body Weight Trajectories from Middle to Late Life in the Philippines.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 60(1):119-136.
Lin, I-Fen, et al.
2019. “Depressive Symptoms Following Later-life Marital Dissolution and Subsequent Repartnering.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 60(2):153-168.
Homan, Patricia.
2019. “Structural Sexism and Health in the United States: A New Perspective on Health Inequality and the Gender System.” American Sociological Review 84(3):486-516.
Chmielewski, Anna K.
2019. “The Global Increase in the Socioeconomic Achievement Gap, 1964 to 2015.” American Sociological Review 84(3):517-544.
Frech, Adrianne and Sarah Damaske.
2019. “Men’s Income Trajectories and Physical and Mental Health at Midlife.” American Journal of Sociology 124(5):1372-1412.
Bail, Christopher A., Taylor W. Brown, and Andreas Wimmer.
2019. “Prestige, Proximity, and Prejudice: How Google Search Terms Diffuse across the World.” American Journal of Sociology 124(5):1496-1548.
Bakhtari, Elyas, Sigrun Olafsdottir, and Jason Beckfield
2018. “Institutions, Incorporation, and Inequality: The Case of Minority Health Inequalities in Europe.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 59(2): 248-267.
Reyes, Adriana, Melissa Hardy, and Eliza Pavalko
2018. “Race Differences in Linking Family Formation Transitions to Women’s Mortality.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 59(2): 231-247.
Ludwig, Volker and Josef Bruderl
2018. “Is There a Male Marital Wage Premium? New Evidence from the United States.” American Sociological Review 83(4): 744-770.
Horowitz, Jonathan
2018. “Relative Education and the Advantage of a College Degree.” American Sociological Review 83(4): 771-801.
Lewis, Kevin and Jason Kaufman
2018. “The Conversion of Cultural Tastes into Social Network Ties.” American Journal of Sociology. 133(6): 1684-1742.
Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo
2015. “Lifetime Socioeconomic Status, Historical Context, and Genetic Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood.” American Sociological Review 80(4): 705-737.
Wedow, Robbee, Meghan Zacher, Brooke M. Huibregtse, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Benjamin W. Domingue, and Jason D. Boardman
2018. “Education, Smoking, and Cohort Change: Forwarding a Multidimensional Theory of the Environmental Moderation of Genetic Effects.” American Sociological Review 83(4): 802-832.
Yu, Wei-hsin and Janet Chen-Lan Kuo
2017. “The Motherhood Wage Penalty by Work Conditions: How Do Occupational Characteristics Hinder on Empower Mothers?” American Sociological Review 82(4): 744-769.
Daw, Jonathan, Rachel Margolis, and Laura Wright
2017. “Emerging Adulthood, Emergent Health Lifestyles: Sociodemographic Determinants of Trajectories of Smoking Binge Drinking, Obesity, and Sedentary Behavior.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 58(2): 181-197.
Wilmers, Nathan
2017. “Does Consurmer Demand Reproduce Inequality? High-Income Consumers, Vertical Differentiation, and the Wage Structure.” American Journal of Sociology 123(1): 178-231.
Hofstra, Bas, Rense Corten, Frank van Tubergen, and Nicole B. Ellison
2017. “Sources of Segregation in Social Networks: A Novel Approach Using Facebook.” American Sociological Review 82(3): 625-656.
Olson, Julie Skalamera and Robert Crosnoe
2017. “Are You Still Bringing Me Down? Romantic Involvement and Depressive Symptoms from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 58(1): 102-115.
Hallsten, Martin and Fabian T. Pfeffer
2017. “Grand Advantage: Family Wealth and Grandchildren’s Educational Achievement in Sweden.” American Sociological Review 82(2): 328-360.
Taylor, Catherine J.
2016. “Relational by Nature”? Men and Women Do Not Differ in Physiological Response to Social Stressors Faced by Token Women.” American Journal of Sociology 122(1):49-89.
Melamed, David and Scott V. Savage
2016. “Status, Faction Sizes, and Social Influence: Testing the Theoretical Mechanism.” American Journal of Sociology 122(1):201-32.
Wodtke, Geoffrey T., David J. Harding, and Felix Elwert
2016. “Neighborhood Effect Heterogeneity by Family Income and Development Period.” American Journal of Sociology 121(4):1168-1222.
O’Brien, Timothy L. and Shiri Noy
2015. “Traditional, Modern, and Post-Secular Perspectives on Science and Religion in the United States.” American Sociological Review 80(1): 92-115
Duquette-Rury, Rauren
2016. “Migrant Transnational Participation: How Citizen Inclusion and government Engagement Matter for Local Democratic Development in Mexico.” American Sociological Review 81(4):771-799.
Fothergill, Kate et al.
2016. “Pathways from Early Childhood Adversity to Later Adult Drug Use and Psychological Distress: A Prospective Study of a Cohort of African Americans.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(2):223-239.
Brown, Tyson H. et al.
2016. “Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(2):200-222.
Laurison, Daniel and Sam Friedman
2016. “The Class Pay Gap in Higher Professional and Managerial Occupations.” American Sociological Review 81(4):668-695.
Wodtke, Geoffrey T.
2016. “Social Class and Income Inequality in the United States: Ownership, Authority, and Personal Income Distribution from 1980 to 2010.” American Journal of Sociology 121(5):1375-1415.
References For Section VIII
Main Readings:
Ott, R. Lyman and Michael Longnecker
2016 An Introduction to Statistical Methods & Data Analysis. Seventh Edition. CENGAGE Learning.
Kutner, Michael H., Christopher J. Nachtsheim, John Neter, and William Li
2005 Applied Linear Statistical Models. New York: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Kleinbaum, David G. and Mitchel Klein
2002 Logistic Regression: A Self-Learning Text. Springer Science Business Media, Inc.
Morgan, Stephen L. and Christopher Winship
2015 Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research. 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press.
Rosenberg, Morris
1968 The Logic of Survey Analysis. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
Hill, R. Carter, William E. Griffiths, and Guay C. Lim
2008 Principles of Econometrics. 3rd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Gujarati, Damodar N.
2003 Basic Econometrics. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education. |
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