SemesterFall Semester, 2020
DepartmentInternational Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, First Year
Course NameResearch Methods for Social Sciences
InstructorCHEN DON-YUN
Credit3.0
Course TypeRequired
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule
















































































Week



Course Content



1



(9/15) Human Inquiry and Ethics (Chap. 1, 3)



2



(9/22) Theory Building, Reading & Writing (Chap. 2, 17)



3



(9/29) Research Design (Chap. 4) – Homework Assignment #1



4



(10/6) Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement (Chap. 5)



5



(10/13) Indexes, Scales, and Typologies (Chap. 6)



6



(10/20) The Logic of Sampling (Chap. 7) – Homework Assignment #2



7



(10/27) Mini Report I Presentation: Research Question Navigation



8



(11/3) Survey Research (Chap. 8)



9



(11/10) Quantitative Data Analysis (Chap. 14) – Homework Assignment #3



10



(11/17) Qualitative Field Research (Chap. 10)



11



(11/24) Qualitative Data Analysis (Chap. 13) – Homework Assignment #4



12



(12/1) Experiment (Chap. 8)



13



(12/8) Unobstrusive Research (Chap. 11)



14



(12/15) Evaluation Research (Chap. 12)



15



(12/22) Mini Report II Presentation: Research Method Evaluation



16



(12/29) Individual Consulting Time (arranged only)



17



(1/5) Final Presentation (1) – Homework Assignment #5



18



(1/12) Final Presentation (2) – Homework Assignment #5




 


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

TAB


Requirement/Grading

A. Homework (5) (40%, 8% each)



#1. Knowing the Design, #2. What is Representativeness? #3. What is it doing? (Quatitative), #4. Wha is it doing? (Qualitative), #5 How is it doing? (Cirtic of other's reserch proposal) 



B. Mini Reports (2) (20 %, 10% each) One: Research Quesiton, Two: Research Methods.



C. Final Presentation and Paper (30%) Paper and PPT Presentation.



D. Class Performance - Attendance & Participation (10%)


Textbook & Reference








  1. Babbie, Earl, 14th ed. (2016) The Practice of Social Research. Cengage Learning.

  2. Other articles in Pdf on Moodle.



Urls about Course
1. The British Academy: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-research/?gclid=CjwKCAjw0_T4BRBlEiwAwoEiAZcOxogV8skLVb-zzmmeRpbb_uv6jYfvcEE6jQb4MBW_fIVcKjgcrxoCXZkQAvD_BwE 2. The Cambridge Core: https://www.cambridge.org/core/browse-subjects/social-science-research-methods 3. Journal of Social Science; https://techniumscience.com/index.php/socialsciences/index?gclid=CjwKCAjw0_T4BRBlEiwAwoEiAa-QTaC4u2Z6-HQvZFVuf102x5_sUCXKmMFnfhW-VT-g6JQXMiFwOxoCtN4QAvD_BwE
Attachment

109_1_SSM_Final__Mini.pdf