Research, Design, Data Analysis and Measurement

Catalog description

The major objective of this course is to provide beginning doctoral students with an understanding of the central issues and choices in research design. The course is designed to prepare students to design and conduct research studies. Emphasis will be placed on how to think about research problems, what are appropriate methods to approach such problems, and what are the related issues in the choice of research methodology. Students will be introduced a broad array of data collection methods that are used in social science research.