research methods

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Decks in this class (19)

reading 1
Significant question 1,
Meaningful and plausible answer t...,
What research practices and metho...
32  cards
Reading 2: ch.2&3 (philosophy of social science)
Positivism 1,
Positive political theory 2,
Behavioral revolution changed the...
39  cards
Reading 3 (p, 93-158)
3 misconceptions about rqs 1,
6 reasons why formulating rq shou...,
General broad outline of research...
42  cards
lecture 1
Scientific research 1,
Theory 2,
Naive science vs scientific method 3
8  cards
reading 4 (p. 159-175)
Research design 1,
Research design vs method data co...,
Attributes good research design 3
17  cards
reading 4 (p. 175-185)
Ethical research 1,
Ethics 2,
Research participants 3
13  cards
class 2
Ontology epistemology methodology 1,
Positivism 2,
Classical positivism basic tenets...
13  cards
lecture 4 - causality & RD
Necessary conditions causality 1,
Two types names of causality 2,
Intervening and anteceding factors 3
7  cards
lecture 5 - ethics
Obedience to authority 1,
Stanford prison experiment 2,
Fraud with fake data plagiarism 3
13  cards
lecture 6 - data and measurement
Types of data 1,
Unit of analysis fallacies 2,
Concept 3
13  cards
lecture 3 - RQ & Theories
Typical steps research question 1,
A research question needs to be h...,
How to find a rq 3
14  cards
lecture 9 - interviews and focus groups
Interview 1,
3 forms of interviews 2,
Interview guide 3
9  cards
lecture 10 - experiments
Example prospect theory 1,
Experiments good or bad 2,
Experiments key components and ty...
13  cards
lecture 2 - philosophy
Names we need to know 1,
Ontology epistemology methodology 2,
Positivism different positions 3
16  cards
lecture 7 - comparative/historical and case selection
Comparative method 1,
Rose single case studies often no...,
Single case study components purp...
16  cards
lecture 8 - surveys and samplin
Eg literary digest gallup poll 1,
Survey research key challenges 2,
3 types of surveys 3
20  cards
lecture 11 - ethnography & participant observation
Ethnography 1,
Key steps involved 2,
Ethics issues 3
6  cards
lecture 12 - textual/content analysis + big data
Textual documents 1,
Discourse analysis vs content ana...,
Discourse analysis 3
14  cards
lecture 13 - big data + data analysis
The three vs of big data 1,
Big data examples research 2,
Big data example fake news on twi...
16  cards

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