Online Streaming Tutorials about MicroCase and Data Analysis

Making Causal Arguments: The Three Criteria of Causation
This streaming video slideshow explores the criteria involved in making a causal argument, with special attention to the problem of spurious correlations. Although it does not demonstrate the use of MicroCase, it lays out some of the necessary foundation for carrying out data analysis..
Requires RealPlayer (10 minutes)

Variables in Social Science Research (Professor Jon'a Meyer)
This RealPresenter streaming slide show introduces independent, dependent, intervening and moderating variables.
Requires RealPlayer (16 minutes)

Testing a Hypothesis Using MicroCase: Part 1
This streaming "screen movie" reviews the proper format of hypotheses and the importance of operationalization, and then turns to the steps involved in running a cross-tabululation using MicroCase and interpreting the results to test a hypothesis
Requires Windows Media Player 9 or higher (7 minutes)

Testing a Hypothesis Part 2: Introducing a Control Variable
This streaming "screen movie" picks up from the previous one to walk students through the process of introducing a control variable and interpreting the results
Requires Windows Media Player 9 or higher (3 1/2 minutes)

Online Tutorial for Social Stratification and Sociological Theory MicroCase Exercises
Part 1 (3 1/2 minutes) Part 2 (6 1/2 minutes)
A quick review of hypothesis testing using MicroCase CP cross-tabulations and scatterplots
Requires Windows Media Player 9 or higher