COMM307

Prerequisite: COMM130 and COMM304. Restriction: Must be in the Communication major. Credit only granted for: COMM400 or COMM307. Formerly: COMM400. Designed to introduce students to the basics of quantitative communication research methods. As such, it covers the basic principles of scientific inquiry, the process for generating research questions and hypotheses, the concept of variables, sampling methods, research designs, basics of data analyses, as well as ethics in scientific research. This course prepares students to become informed consumers of quantitative communication research.