Large Sample Data Analysis. Hornik Statement of measurement and substantive models, and strategies for examining the fit of data to those models. Examples and data are drawn from the media effects literature. Application of data reduction procedures, contingency table analysis, and correctional approaches including regression and structural equation models. It demonstrates these with studies of mass media content, interview or panel data, and systematic efforts to provide legal evidence or draw valid inferences from personal documents.
Students learn to design a content analysis and do the primary work on it.
They may also perform a content analysis on already available data, develop a new analytical technique from available theories and test it , or they may explore relevant literature to solve a methodological problem in content analysis. Privacy in the Information Age. Gandy This graduate level seminar is intended to explore the rapidly changing social landscape in the realm of individual group, and institutional privacy. A core of common reading will form the basis for classroom discussions, while individual student interest and initiative will help to shape the independent research projects will serve as the primary basis of student evaluation. Marvin Consideration is given to how communication boundaries are identified and implemented, how they can be examined, and their implications for social systems.