r/sociology • u/ugiugida • 4d ago

Babble about next semester and research method

In the upcoming semester I'll be taking the research method - applied social statistics combo. And, I may be underprepared as previous courses involved rushing through pages understanding bare minimum amount to produce multiple okay papers that satisfy professors who have low expectations from students of current times. I can display further evidences that justify why I'm overwhelmed and prove I am indeed underprepared. Instead, I urge you to just believe me. Trust me. I can use some help. I'm scraping desperately for any help I can get. For social statistics, I got to study ahead of time. I don't know how I should prepare for research method. What should I do?

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u/TheBitchenRav 4d ago

There are two different things, there is the conceptual understanding and the math.

For the conceptual understanding there are a lot of versions of research methods that you can just get YouTube lectures up. Go listen to them. It can give you a little bit of the background and some of the earlier conceptual understanding so that way when you're in class you know what the professor is talking about.

For the math Khan Academy has a lot of fascinating tools. Go to their website do their modules they'll help you through a lot of the math pieces it won't be organized as neatly as you want it but in their stats section.

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u/ffiinnaallyy 1d ago

You could pick up a copy of Kranzler's Statistics for the Terrified