PSCI-3105 (3) Designing Social Inquiry: An Introduction to Analyzing Political Phenomena

This course is designed to survey the wide range of research designs and methods employed in political science research, including normative analysis, interpretive analysis and causal analysis. It will provide an introduction to students planning to write honors theses and will be useful for any student planning to do research in political science as part of a senior seminar or capstone course. Recommended prereq., PSCI 2075 or another social science statistics course. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: quantitative reasoning and mathematics. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors).