Statistical Support
Dedicated Teaching Assistant
The Sociology Department has a dedicated teaching assistant to provide additional statistical support to our undergraduate and graduate Sociology students. Paul Scholes is serving as this TA for the 2023–2024 academic year. This support includes:
1. In-person office hours at LASB 324, in addition to Zoom office hours by appointment
These office hours are not only for support on undergraduate and graduate quantitative methods courses. They are also designed to provide assistance to our Sociology students working on projects that require quantitative data analysis.
– Tuesday: 12–4 pm
– Wednesday: 4–5pm
– Friday: 12–2 pm
2. Coordinate with instructors of quantitative methods courses (SOCI 420, SOCI 600, SOCI 631)
The TA overviews course materials for the semester to work with Sociology students, including upcoming assignments.
3. Material preparation
The TA will help expanding this website page to provide material on statistical and methodological issues and support.
2021 Sociology Quantitative Methods Series
Dr. Mark Fossett and Dr. Ernesto Amaral offered the 2021 Sociology Quantitative Methods Series to graduate students on topics related to analysis using survey weights, ordinary least squares regression, ordered logit and fractional regression, path analysis and structural equation models (SEM), and workflow of data analysis. The program, lectures, videos, and additional materials are provided below.
July 13, 2021 (Tuesday)
Analysis using Survey Weights – Dr. Amaral
Lecture
Stata DO-file to replicate examples from this lecture
Additional material to replicate examples from this lecture
July 15, 2021 (Thursday)
Ordinary Least Squares Regression – Dr. Amaral
Lecture
Stata DO-file to replicate examples from this lecture
Additional material to replicate examples from this lecture
July 20, 2021 (Tuesday)
Ordered Logit and Fractional Regression – Dr. Fossett
Lecture
Notes about ordered logit regression
Stata help about ordered logistic regression
Stata help about multinomial logistic regression
Additional material about ordered logit regression (compressed file)
Notes about fractional regression and related estimation procedures
Paper by Papke and Wooldridge (1996) about fractional response variables
Paper by Papke and Wooldridge (2008) about panel data methods for fractional response variables
Stata help about fractional response regression
Additional material about fractional regression (compressed file)
July 27, 2021 (Tuesday)
Path Analysis and Structural Equation Models (SEM) – Dr. Fossett
Lecture
Causal analysis I by McClendon (2002)
Causal analysis II by McClendon (2002)
The estimation of causal effects from observational data by Winship and Morgan (1999)
Additional material (compressed file)