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