Department of Sociology Podcasts

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Podcasts from The Department of Sociology. Sociology in Oxford is concerned with real-world issues with policy relevance, such as social inequality, organised crime, the social basis of political conflict and mobilization, and changes in family relationships and gender roles. Our research is empirical, analytical, and comparative in nature, reaching far beyond British society, to encompass systematic cross-national comparison as well as the detailed study of Asian, European, Latin American and North American societies.

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Cees van der Eijk on “Contextualising Research Methods

Jun 04 2015 61 mins  
Cees van der Eijk gives a talk for the Sociology seminar series. Cees van der Eijk discusses teaching quantitative methods, focussing on the need in successful methods teaching to locate methods topics in (a) the context of substantive research questions and examples, but also (b) the context of a ‘repertoire’ of methodological tools and approaches, and (c) the context of alter

Chris Zorn on ’Big Data' in the Social Sciences

Jun 04 2015 66 mins  
Chris Zorn discusses teaching quantitative methods focussing on (a) integrating contemporary data science approaches into undergraduate instruction, and (b) using "big data" examples to generate and maintain students' interest.

John Fox on R software for teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Jul 28 2014 78 mins  
John Fox discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially focusing on the choice of software with a demonstration of R and R Commander. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Robert Johns on SPSS and Stata software for teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Jul 28 2014 51 mins  
Robert Johns (Essex University) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, focusing on comparing the use of SPSS and Stata.

Wendy Olsen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Jan 28 2014 58 mins  
Wendy Olsen discusses her experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.

Robert Andersen on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Jan 28 2014 61 mins  
Robert Andersen discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially those in Sociology and Social Policy.

Sean Carey on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Nov 18 2013 91 mins  
Sean Carey (University of Mannheim, Germany) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Andrew Gelman on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Nov 18 2013 58 mins  
Andrew Gelman (Columbia University, NYC) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students.

Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?

Oct 21 2013 53 mins  
Intergenerational relationships: Does grandparental childcare pay off?

Andy Field on teaching quantitative methods to social science students

Sep 09 2013 57 mins  
Andy Field (University of Sussex) discusses his experiences and views of what works well when teaching quantitative methods to undergraduate social science students, especially with mixed ability and low motivation students. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/