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WEEK 1- L1.2 | intro to research methods
Key characteristics of the scient...,
Scientific research process
2  cards
WEEK 1- L1.2 philosophy of social science | positivism, scientific realism, interpretivism
What s ontology,
What s epistemology,
What s methodology
34  cards
WEEK 1- L2.1 philosophy of social science | objectivity and values
How does critical theory approach...,
How does positivism approach obje...,
What does robert cox argue
18  cards
WEEK 2- L3.1 research questions
What makes a rq useful,
Finding good research questions,
Typical steps
11  cards
WEEK 2- L3.2 research theories
What s a theory,
Scope level of a theory 2,
Process of theory way they re gen...
13  cards
WEEK 2- L4.1 causality
Necessary conditions for causalit...,
Necessary conditions for causalit...,
Deterministic relationship
13  cards
WEEK 2- L4.2 research design overview
What s a research design,
Why is the explaratory confirmato...,
What s research design list
23  cards
WEEK 3- 5.1 research ethics
When science goes wrong harm to p...,
What s the background of the milg...,
What was the cover story for milgram
22  cards
WEEK 3- 5.2 threats to validity
Internal validity,
Internal validity,
External validity
13  cards
WEEK 3 L6.1 rd- data
Types of data,
Types of data by source 3,
Unit of analysis refers to
6  cards
WEEK 3- L6.2 rd- measurement
Purpose of measurement,
Concept is,
Constructs and indicators what do...
36  cards
WEEK 4- L7.1 data collection: comparative and historical research
Some types of comparative research,
Some types of historical research,
What s the core method of empiric...
42  cards
WEEK 4 L7.2 data collection: case selection
Two crucial elements of data sele...,
Key difference between case selec...,
Two good approaches to small n ca...
15  cards
WEEK 4 L8.1 surveys
Survey challenges about measurement,
Survey challenges about represent...,
Types of surveys
30  cards
WEEK 4 - L8.2 sampling
Elements sampling units types,
Sampling frame,
Sample unit
17  cards
WEEK 5 - 9.1 interviews and focus groups
Forms of interviews,
Interview guide,
Asyncronous vs syncronous
10  cards
WEEK 5- 10.1 experiments
Key components of experiments 3,
Between participants,
Within participants
27  cards
WEEK 5- 10.2 experiments example
Participants mintz redd vedlitz,
Manipulation mints redd vedlits,
What type of design is mintz redd...
5  cards
WEEK 6- 11 ethnography and participants observation
Political ethnography characteris...,
Key steps of ethnography,
Observers role dimensions 2
14  cards
WEEK 6 - 12.1 textual/ content analysis
Discourse analysis,
Content analysis,
Quanitative content analysis can t
22  cards
WEEK 6- 12.2 - big data
The three vs of big data,
Ownership of big data,
Reccomended measures for ethical ...
3  cards
WEEK 7- 13.1 data management and visualization
Nominal,
Ordinalr,
Interval ratio
12  cards
WEEK 7- 13.2 inferential statistics
Inferential statistics,
Key assumptions of inferential st...,
Population distribution
14  cards
exam prep
Ontology,
Epistemology,
Methodology
43  cards

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