Course Schedule This schedule is tentative and subject to change. I will inform you of any deviations to the schedule in class and the most current syllabus will be available on Learn@UW. Monday Wednesday *Week 1 Introduction and course overview 9/6 Week 2 What is social science and why is Formulating social scientific 9/11-13 it useful? research questions and developing theories and hypotheses Week 3 Choosing a research design Challenges to establishing causal 9/18-20 relationships Week 4 Measuring concepts Sampling 9/25-27 Week 5 Introduction to quantitative Surveys 1 10/2-4 research *Week 6 Surveys 2 Exam 1 10/9-11 Week 7 Experiments 1 Experiments 2 10/16-18 Week 8 Large-N data 1 Large-n data 2 10/23-25 Week 9 Guest lecture: Survey Research Introduction to qualitative research 10/30-11/1 Center *Week 10 Lab: Harvard’s Project Implicit Exam 2 11/6-8 Week 11 Process tracing Comparative case studies 11/13-15 *Week 12 Ethics Lab: IRB training 11/20-22 Week 13 Guest lecture: Field research and Guest lecture: Archival research 11/27-29 interviews Week 14 Threats to inference Group Presentations 12/4-6 *Week 15 Group Presentations Exam 3 12/11-13 *Weeks with an asterisk (*) will not have discussion sections.
Course Schedule This schedule is tentative and subject to change. I will inform you of any deviations to the schedule in class and the most current syllabus will be available on Learn@UW. Monday Wednesday *Week 1 9/6 Introduction and course overview Week 2 9/11-13 What is social science and why is it useful? Formulating social scientific research questions and developing theories and hypotheses Week 3 9/18-20 Choosing a research design Challenges to establishing causal relationships Week 4 9/25-27 Measuring concepts Sampling Week 5 10/2-4 Introduction to quantitative research Surveys 1 *Week 6 10/9-11 Surveys 2 Exam 1 Week 7 10/16-18 Experiments 1 Experiments 2 Week 8 10/23-25 Large-N data 1 Large-n data 2 Week 9 10/30-11/1 Guest lecture: Survey Research Center Introduction to qualitative research *Week 10 11/6-8 Lab: Harvard’s Project Implicit Exam 2 Week 11 11/13-15 Process tracing Comparative case studies *Week 12 11/20-22 Ethics Lab: IRB training Week 13 11/27-29 Guest lecture: Field research and interviews Guest lecture: Archival research Week 14 12/4-6 Threats to inference Group Presentations *Week 15 12/11-13 Group Presentations Exam 3 *Weeks with an asterisk (*) will not have discussion sections.
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