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reading 1
Significant question,
Meaningful and plausible answer t...,
What research practices and metho...
32  cards
Reading 2: ch.2&3 (philosophy of social science)
Positivism,
Positive political theory,
Behavioral revolution changed the...
39  cards
Reading 3 (p, 93-158)
3 misconceptions about rqs,
6 reasons why formulating rq shou...,
General broad outline of research...
42  cards
lecture 1
Scientific research,
Theory,
Naive science vs scientific method
8  cards
reading 4 (p. 159-175)
Research design,
Research design vs method data co...,
Attributes good research design5
17  cards
reading 4 (p. 175-185)
Ethical research,
Ethics,
Research participants
13  cards
class 2
Ontology,
Methodology,
Met
13  cards
lecture 4 - causality & RD
Necessary conditions causality,
Two types names of causality,
Intervening and anteceding factors
7  cards
lecture 5 - ethics
Obedience to authority,
Stanford prison experiment,
Fraud with fake data plagiarism
13  cards
lecture 6 - data and measurement
Types of data,
Unit of analysis fallacies,
Concept
13  cards
lecture 3 - RQ & Theories
Typical steps research question,
A research question needs to be have,
How to find a rq
14  cards
lecture 9 - interviews and focus groups
Interview,
3 forms of interviews,
Interview guide
9  cards
lecture 10 - experiments
Example prospect theory,
Experiments good or bad,
Experiments key components and types
13  cards
lecture 2 - philosophy
Names we need to know,
Ontology epistemology methodology,
Positivism different positions
16  cards
lecture 7 - comparative/historical and case selection
Comparative method,
Rose single case studies often no...,
Single case study components purp...
16  cards
lecture 8 - surveys and samplin
Eg literary digest gallup poll,
Survey research key challenges,
3 types of surveys
20  cards
lecture 11 - ethnography & participant observation
Ethnography,
Key steps involved,
Ethics
6  cards
lecture 12 - textual/content analysis + big data
Textul documents,
Discourse analysis vs content ana...,
Discourse analysis
14  cards
lecture 13 - big data +
The three vs of big data,
Big data examples research,
Example fake news on twitter
5  cards

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