Research Methods for Data Science.

Catalog description

Students learn about research design, qualitative and quantitative research, and sources of data. Topics will include a variety of research topics, including such things as data collection procedures, measurement strategies questionnaire design and content analysis, interviewing techniques, literature surveys; information databases, probability testing, and inferential statistics. Students will prepare and present a research proposal (with emphasis on technical writing/presentation principles) as part of the course. Prerequisite: Graduate status in the Data Science program.