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15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I

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(Subject meets with 21A.809)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: F9-12 (VIRTUAL)

Introduces the process of social research, emphasizing the conceptualization of research choices to ensure validity, relevance, and discovery. Includes research design and techniques of data collection as well as issues in the understanding, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Staff
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15.348 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods II

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Prereq: 15.347 or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-6

Builds on 15.347 to examine contemporary social research methods in depth. Focuses on making students familiar with the most important quantitative methods (e.g., logit/probit models, models for ordinal and nominal outcomes, count models, event history models).
E. Castilla