This is a course on research. It is especially designed for the MA students who would like to strengthen their  methodological perspectives.

The course will depend on the Lawrence Neumann’s Social Research Methods:Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
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1. Why Do Research?
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2. What Are the Major Types of Social Research?
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3. Theory and Research
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4. The Meanings of Methodology

After the Midterm we will start a student workshop on the data collection techniques: See Presentation Schedule
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5. How to Review the Literature Review and Conduct Ethical Studies
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6. Strategies of Research Design
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7. Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement
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8. Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling
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9. Experimental Research
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10. Survey Research
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11. Nonreactive Research and Secondary Analysis
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12. Analysis of Quantitative Data
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13. Field Research and Focus Group Research
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14. Analysis of Qualitative Data
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15. Writing the Research Report and the Politics of Social Research
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