ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS - POS509 Spring 2022

Course

Pelin Musil

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The focus of this course is to help students develop appropriate research designs for their substantive papers and/or research proposals for their M.A. theses. By understanding merits and limitations of different research methods in social sciences, the students will learn to create and methodologically critique research designs. Special attention is given to variants of theory-oriented qualitative cross-case research and case studies. The course looks at the proper domain of each method and address ways of combining them in a single research project.

Lessons14

Here is the course outline:

Introduction and class expectations Lecture: what is a good research, what is a research design?

Forms of Knowledge: Explanation and Interpretation in the Study of the Social World

The Use of Theories, Deduction and Induction

Social Science Concepts

Research Designs, Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research

Single Case Studies & Process tracing

Data, Coding, Reliability and Validity

Comparative case studies

Textual Data: Content and Discourse Analysis

Video Data Analysis

Surveys and Interviews

Field Research and Ethnography

Consultations on Student Research Designs

Final research designs

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ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS - POS509 Spring 2022

1. INTRODUCTION

2. Forms of Knowledge: Explanation and Interpretation in the Study of the Social World

3. The Use of Theories, Deduction and Induction

4. Social Science Concepts

5. Research Designs, Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research

6. Single Case Studies & Process tracing

7. Data, Coding, Reliability and Validity

8. Comparative case studies

9. Textual Data: Content and Discourse Analysis

10. Video Data Analysis

11. Surveys and Interviews

12. Field Research and Ethnography

13. Consultations on Student Research Designs

14. Final research designs