LEC #
TOPICS
KEY DATES
1
Introduction and the Research Process: Ideas and Evidence
2
What is Theory
Making Sense of Data
3
Research Ethics
Introduction to the Library
4
Logic of Experimentation and Measurement, Validity, and Reliability
5
Quasi-Experiments
Project Proposals
6
Elaboration: Causality and Causal Inference
Assignment I due five days after lecture 6
7
Assignment I
Note: Heavy assignment coming up - good to start this week
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8
Units and Levels of Analysis
Sampling Selection Issues
Common Problems and Pitfalls
9
Positivism and Non-Positivism
Making a Contribution
10
Project Updates
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11
Getting it Done: Issues in Doing It
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Assignment II due
12
Project Presentations