For Wednesday, 9/16

Prep

• Review Emile Durkheim, ‘What Is a Social Fact?’ (pp. 50-59 in the linked PDF), from Les regles de méthode sociologique (1894)
• Conley (2019), Ch. 2 (‘Methods’): ‘Research 101’

Zoom Session

1. Review of the Find Top Authorities for a Subject HW: Q&A
   • Do the best sources show up at the top of Google search results? (This question taken verbatim from Caulfield, Ch. 30)
   • If not, what does show up? Why do you think that result shows up instead? (ibid.)
2. The Research Process

For Next Time

• Carl Zimmer, ‘How You Should Read Coronavirus Studies, or Any Science Paper’, New York Times (1 June 2020)