Humanities, social sciences & education · 73Intermediate

Social Research Officer

Future research officers, sociologists or polling analysts.

Quantitative and qualitative methods and statistics, then questionnaire design, sampling and survey analysis.

209hours of coursework

21weeks at 10 h

2steps

11courses

2universities

Target skills

Statistical AnalysisStatistical MethodsInterviewing SkillsData CollectionResearch DesignSampling (Statistics)Data AnalysisSocial SciencesQualitative ResearchScientific MethodsResearch MethodologiesRegression Analysis

Skill labels as listed on Coursera.

Target jobs

Research officer
Sociologist
Polling analyst

Progression

Specialization · 5 courses

Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences

107 h

University of AmsterdamBeginnerR Programming

Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required

Show the 5 courses

Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Quantitative Methods	Beginner	30 h	4.7 (2,441)
Qualitative Research Methods	Intermediate	27 h	4.6 (1,423)
Basic Statistics	Beginner	17 h	4.6 (4,688)
Inferential Statistics	—	15 h	4.4 (615)
Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project	Beginner	18 h	4.4 (71)

Specialization · 6 courses

Survey Data Collection and Analytics

102 h

University of Michigan, University of Maryland, College ParkBeginnerStata, R

Stated prerequisites: Introductory statistics helpful for later courses

Show the 6 courses

Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Framework for Data Collection and Analysis	Beginner	10 h	—
Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face	Beginner	21 h	4.6 (353)
Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys	Intermediate	17 h	4.5 (467)
Sampling People, Networks and Records	Beginner	26 h	4.3 (113)
Dealing With Missing Data	—	18 h	3.8 (139)
Combining and Analyzing Complex Data	—	10 h	4.2 (70)

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Projects to build

After step 1

Interview study

Run five semi-structured interviews on a social topic and produce a thematic analysis.

After step 2

Online survey

Design, pilot and run a questionnaire, then analyse one hundred responses.

After step 2

Missing data

Compare two imputation methods on a public survey and their effect on results.

Free textbooks

Introduction to Sociology 3eOpenStaxFree (OpenStax)

Research Methods in Psychology, 4th ed.R. S. Jhangiani, I. A. Chiang, C. Cuttler, D. C. LeightonFree, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

OpenIntro StatisticsD. Diez, M. Çetinkaya-Rundel, C. BarrFree PDF