PLAN 307Social Research Techniques in Planning
- Faculty
- Environment
- Last listed
- 1993–94
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1971–72 to 1993–94; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
Several social research methods appropriately used in planning practice are presented including types of survey research, participation observation, content analysis. Course Descriptions Planning, Urban and Regional and historical-comparative research. Techniques for selecting a method, structuring a research project and analysing data will be covered. The purposes of social inquiry, the development of theories, the use of social research in policymaking, and the ethical issues associated with social research provide the context for discussing the details of research methods.
As printed in the 1993–94 calendar, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Requirements, as last listed
Prereq: Planning students or consent of instructor
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1971–72 to 1993–94, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1993–94 1 calendar
Several social research methods appropriately used in planning practice are presented including types of survey research, participation observation, content analysis.
Course Descriptions Planning, Urban and Regional
and historical-comparative research. Techniques for selecting a method, structuring a research project and analysing data will be covered. The purposes of social inquiry, the development of theories, the use of social research in policymaking, and the ethical issues associated with social research provide the context for discussing the details of research methods.
Prereq: Planning students or consent of instructor
1972–73 to 1992–93 20 calendars
Titled Social Survey Techniques.
Social research and the planning process; interview and self-administered surveys; questionnaire design; profile data; data processing; sampling, non-survey data collection techniques; practical applications. Cross-listed as Geog 307
Prereq: Second or third year Planning students with Env S 271; other Env S students with consent of instructor.
- 1972–73 PDF p. 554
- 1974–75 PDF p. 440
- 1975–76 PDF p. 471
- 1976–77 PDF p. 411
- 1977–78 PDF p. 445
- 1978–79 PDF p. 432
- 1979–80 PDF p. 446
- 1980–81 PDF p. 475
- 1981–82 PDF p. 485
- 1982–83 PDF p. 422
- 1983–84 PDF p. 433
- 1984–85 PDF p. 434
- 1985–86 PDF p. 445
- 1986–87 PDF p. 416
- 1987–88 PDF p. 431
- 1988–89 PDF p. 428
- 1989–90 PDF p. 451
- 1990–91 PDF p. 429
- 1991–92 PDF p. 437
- 1992–93 PDF p. 429
1971–72 1 calendar
Titled Social Survey Techniques.
Social research and the > planning process; interview and self-administered $3 menfilan Anta. ananeVi a. Base an 2 nnt
School of Urban and Regional Planning
Prerequisite: Planning 271*; may be taken in 2nd or 3rd year. 2 hours lecture, 1 hour practical or discussion (winter term)