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Emory University · Sociology

5.5% of Emory University's Sociology course descriptions are framed from the left. Across all 100 schools' Sociology departments, it is 15.3%.

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Emory University: 5.5% Sociology at all 100 schools: 15.3% each other school in the comparison

Where Sociology courses fall

0%Far left92–100
0%Left75–91
67%Center-left59–74
33%Center42–58
0%Center-right26–41
0%Right9–25
0%Far right0–8
3 plotted courses (the ones with a political framing). 100 = far left, 50 = the average American, 0 = far right.

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Furthest left

SOC 214 · Class/Status/Power60

Sociology

Nature, causes, and consequences of social stratification focusing on class, race, and gender. Examination of factors facilitating continuity and/or change in systems of stratification.

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SOC 331 · The Meaning of Work60

Sociology

This course uses a sociology of culture approach to explore "work" as a social construction, in three ways: 1) societal narratives of work meaning: The American Dream (Money); 2) social realities of work meaning: Gender, Race, and Class…

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SOC 348 · Aging in Society58

Sociology

Aging and the life course -- from birth to death -- in sociological perspective. The aging and development of individuals takes place in societies that are stratified by age. What are the personal, social, economic, and structural factors…

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Furthest right

None. Emory University Sociology has 3 left-framed courses and not one right-framed course.

Why this number, in plain words

Share of courses described from the left. Percent of all courses in the group whose Framing reading is leftward: the description frames its subject one-sidedly to the left.

Counted: all courses in the group, including N and I. No interval is published for this number.

  • Readings are of catalog description text, not of teaching, syllabi or individual professors.
Details: exact rows, definitions and method
NameMetricValue95% intervalnscored
Emory University · Sociologybias_left_share5.5—55—
Sociologybias_left_share15.314.5 – 16.27,243—
Formula
100 * count(bias_cat = 'L') / n
Interval
Wilson score 95% (wilson_interval)
Model / prompt / snapshot
gpt-5.6-sol · r12 (2026-10-16-le49-r12) · 6df50b10
Metric caveats
Right-framed courses are almost absent (33 of 124,290); this run cannot tell catalog reality from model sensitivity. Compare schools with adjusted_ratio, not this raw share, because department mix differs.

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