Answer the following questions related to the assigned readings (about one paragraph per reading):
More damned lies and statistics: How numbers confuse public issues: (Preface, “People Count,” pp. ix-xviii): What does Best mean by the statement “all statistics are products of social activity; the process sociologists call social construction” (p. xiii)? What are the steps that need to be taken to limit bias in how statistics are understood and used in sociology and other disciplines?
The consequences of political innumeracy: What is meant by “political innumeracy”? What is the conclusion of the authors about the link between innumeracy and political attitudes? Do you think a more accurate understanding or greater “numeracy” would significantly impact people’s attitudes towards an understanding of policy?
Internet research ethics and the policy gap for ethical practice in online research settings: The use of the Internet in social science research brings many new questions about how to maintain professional and ethical research. Describe the ethical gaps that are identified in this paper and discuss the efforts of stakeholders to bridge these gaps in new ethical policy.
Good ethics can sometimes mean better science: What is your opinion of the ethics of the Milgram experiment explained in the article? Do you agree with the author’s conclusions that the ethics procedures used today can help support integrity of research results? Why or why not? Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.Answer the following questions related to the assigned readings (about one paragraph per reading):
More damned lies and statistics: How numbers confuse public issues: (Preface, “People Count,” pp. ix-xviii): What does Best mean by the statement “all statistics are products of social activity; the process sociologists call social construction” (p. xiii)? What are the steps that need to be taken to limit bias in how statistics are understood and used in sociology and other disciplines?
The consequences of political innumeracy: What is meant by “political innumeracy”? What is the conclusion of the authors about the link between innumeracy and political attitudes? Do you think a more accurate understanding or greater “numeracy” would significantly impact people’s attitudes towards an understanding of policy?
Internet research ethics and the policy gap for ethical practice in online research settings: The use of the Internet in social science research brings many new questions about how to maintain professional and ethical research. Describe the ethical gaps that are identified in this paper and discuss the efforts of stakeholders to bridge these gaps in new ethical policy.
Good ethics can sometimes mean better science: What is your opinion of the ethics of the Milgram experiment explained in the article? Do you agree with the author’s conclusions that the ethics procedures used today can help support integrity of research results? Why or why not? Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.Answer the following questions related to the assigned readings (about one paragraph per reading):
More damned lies and statistics: How numbers confuse public issues: (Preface, “People Count,” pp. ix-xviii): What does Best mean by the statement “all statistics are products of social activity; the process sociologists call social construction” (p. xiii)? What are the steps that need to be taken to limit bias in how statistics are understood and used in sociology and other disciplines?
The consequences of political innumeracy: What is meant by “political innumeracy”? What is the conclusion of the authors about the link between innumeracy and political attitudes? Do you think a more accurate understanding or greater “numeracy” would significantly impact people’s attitudes towards an understanding of policy?
Internet research ethics and the policy gap for ethical practice in online research settings: The use of the Internet in social science research brings many new questions about how to maintain professional and ethical research. Describe the ethical gaps that are identified in this paper and discuss the efforts of stakeholders to bridge these gaps in new ethical policy.
Good ethics can sometimes mean better science: What is your opinion of the ethics of the Milgram experiment explained in the article? Do you agree with the author’s conclusions that the ethics procedures used today can help support integrity of research results? Why or why not? Cite your sources according to APA guidelines.Answer the following questions related to the assigned readings (about one paragraph per reading):
More damned lies and statistics: How numbers confuse public issues: (Preface, “People Count,” pp. ix-xviii): What does Best mean by the statement “all statistics are products of social activity; the process sociologists call social construction” (p. xiii)? What are the steps that need to be taken to limit bias in how statistics are understood and used in sociology and other disciplines?
The consequences of political innumeracy: What is meant by “political innumeracy”? What is the conclusion of the authors about the link between innumeracy and political attitudes? Do you think a more accurate understanding or greater “numeracy” would significantly impact people’s attitudes towards an understanding of policy?
Internet research ethics and the policy gap for ethical practice in online research settings: The use of the Internet in social science research brings many new questions about how to maintain professional and ethical research. Describe the ethical gaps that are identified in this paper and discuss the efforts of stakeholders to bridge these gaps in new ethical policy.
Good ethics can sometimes mean better science: What is your opinion of the ethics of the Milgram experiment explained in the article? Do you agree with the author’s conclusions that the ethics procedures used today can help support integrity of research results? Why or why not?
