Founder and Director. Sociology Quantitative
Research Lab
Sociology Department
Northern Illinois University
    
  EMAIL: ccappell@niu.edu
 
 
PHONE:  
(815) 753-1173

OFFICE:
Social Science Research Institute 188
3rd and Locust Sts. 
 

  
 

Prof. Charles Cappell

Descriptions of Courses Taught

 SOCI377A: Sociological Inquiry I: Introduction to Qualitative Analysis
 
SOCI377B: Sociological Inquiry II: Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
 SOCI476A: Survey Research
 SOCI476D: Quantitative Analysis (Intermediate)

 
 
Recent Papers

"Influence Structures in a Tonga Village: We are not all the same" Bennardo, Giovanni and Charles Cappell.
Paper presented at the annual Sunbelt Conference of International Social Network Analysts, Vancouver, BC, April, 25-29, 2006.
(PDF Format)


Sociology of Education
"Modeling Latino/a performance at a state university." with George Gutierrez and Susan Timm. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociolgoical Association, San Francisco, CA Aug. 17, 2004. (PDF Format)

" The decomposition of racial differences in reading test scores using multi-level modelling."

Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego April 14,2004.(PDF Format)


"Curriculum Assessment: A Case Study in Sociology", with David H. Kamens.
Teaching Sociology 30:467-94. Oct. 2002 (PDF Format)


Sociology of Law
and Political Sociology
"The Political Cultural Field of the 2000 Presidential Vote." With David H. Kamens. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Conference, Montreal Que, CA, Aug. 12, 2006. (PDF Format).

"Confidence and Cynicism in American Institutions: Consequences for Political Participation." With Prof. David H. Kamens.
Paper presented at the Cultural Turn IV Conference, University of California @ Santa Barbara, March 8, 2003.

"An Inquiry into the Application of Dubuque Packing Standards: NLRB Decisions regarding the Duty to Bargain over Work Relocation."
With Prof. Lorraine Schmall. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Law and Society Association, Vancouver, BC. May 26, 2002 (PDF Format)

Sociology of Violence
"Finding and Explaining Typologies of Violent Familes"
Paper presented at the 9th International Family Violence Research Conference, University of New Hampshire, Portsmouth, NH, July 10-13, 2005 (PDF Format)

" Latent Class Models of Violent Family Comorbidity"

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociology Society, Milwaukee WI, April 4, 2002 (PDF Format)
 

Quantitative Reasoning
"Knowledge Gains about Sampling as a Function of Software Tutorial User Behavior"
Paper presented at the annual joint meetings of the American Statistical
Association, San Francisco, Aug. 3,2003. (PDF Format)

" Evaluation of an Interactive Sampling Tutor
."
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, Chicago, IL April 21,2003. (PDF Format)

"Using Interactive Tutors to Overcome Cognitive Learning Hurdles in Quantitative Reasoning."
 Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological  Society, St. Louis, April, 2001. (PDF Format)

 "Computer Based Training in Quantitative Reasoning and Analysis"
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association,
 Washington D.C., Aug. 14, 2000. (PDF Format)

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