A Computer Laboratory for Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning in Sociology

纽约市皇后学院社会学系 纽约大学将开发本科生实验室 使用高速微计算机和以太网网络。的 网络将被桥接到皇后学院学术计算机 中心网络，从那里到NYSERNET，纽约市立大学- 计算机和NSFNET。该实验室将允许 部门大大提高其课程在 初级和高级水平。 主要内容是：1）将底层方法的内容和 统计课程与'动手'实验室练习，因此， 提高定量和科学推理技能， 学生，特别是那些主修社会学的学生。许多 这些学生是女性，许多是种族和宗教的成员。 少数民族。2)提供密集的独立研究 为考虑从事科学职业的学生提供的经验， 社会学，通过小型实验室为基础的上层研究 课程由资深教师密切监督。很多学生 都在研究生院攻读博士学位 3）传播结果， 我们的经验的产品，以其他社会学和社会 美国各地的科学部门。

The Department of Sociology, Queens College, The City University of New York will develop an undergraduate laboratory using high speed microcomputers and an ethernet network. The network will be bridged to the Queens College Academic Computer Center Network and from there to NYSERNET, the CUNY University- wide Computer and NSFNET. This laboratory will permit the department to significantly enhance its curriculum at the introductory and advanced level.Three major objectives of the project are: 1) Infusing the content of lower level methods and statistics courses with 'hands-on' laboratory exercises, thus upgrading the quantitative and scientific reasoning skills of students, especially those who major in sociology. Many of these students are women and many are members of racial and ethnic minorities. 2) Providing intensive independent research experiences for students considering scientific careers in sociology, through small laboratory-based upper level research courses closely supervised by senior faculty. Many students from the department have gone on to their Ph.D.s at graduate schools throughout the U.S. 3) Disseminating the results and products of our experience to other sociology and social science departments throughout the United States.