Description
This course will help students better prepare for their dissertation research -- and for life more generally -- by understanding how to conduct reliable social research. We will look at a series of examples related to applied social research to understand how we can be sure of the veracity of certain claims. Do African-Americans suffer more police violence than Caucasian Americans? Are humans more like predictable clocks, or more like amorphous clouds? Are suicide bombers crazy or at least a little bit rational? Does discovering oil make a country less democratic? And how can you design the perfect survey question or master the ideal research design? There are no prerequisites for this course and it is likely to be of most use to students who plan to conduct some form of social research for their dissertation.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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