Seminar
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Methods
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Applications
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Experiments
Week 1
Tues Oct 28
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- Experimental Logic & Natural Sciences
- Manipulation & Measurement
- Internal & External Validity
- Randomization & Controls
- Within Subjects & Between Subjects Experiment Designs
- Non-Randomized, Non-Controlled Experiments: Quasi Experiments, Field Experiments, Natural Experiments
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- Survey Experiments
- Conjoint Experiments
- Policy Experiments
- Field Experiments
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Statistics 1: Variables
Week 2
Tues Nov 4
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- Concepts, Variables, Measures
- Categorical & Continuous Variables
- Variable Distributions: Normal, Uniform, Poisson, Binomial, etc.
- Univariate Bar Plots & Histograms
- Table of Summary Statistics
- Point Estimates
- Confidence Intervals
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- Opinion/Attitude Surveys
- News Media Analysis
- Social Media Analysis
- Socioeconomic and Political Statistics
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Statistics 2: Inference
Week 3
Tues Nov 11
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- Bivariate Tables & Plots
- Pearson Correlation & Rank Correlation
- Variable Transformations & Indexes
- Two-Sample T-Test of Means
- Two-Sample Z-Test of Proportions
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Statistics 3: Regression
Week 4
Tues Nov 18
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- Linear and Logistic Regression
- Variable Coefficients and P-Values
- Diagnostics of Model Fit
- Interaction Effects
- Predicted Probabilities & Profile Plots
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Historical Comparative Analysis
Week 5
Tues Nov 25
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- Mill’s Method of Similarities & Method of Differences
- Ideal Types
- Research Designs
- Process Tracing
- Types of Evidence in HCA
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- 2-Case Comparison
- 2x2 Factorial Design
- 2-Period Comparison
- Single Case Study
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Ethnography
Week 6
Tues Dec 2
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- Interpretivist vs Positivist Perspectives
- Profiles & Profile Analysis
- Experience Map / Empathy Map
- Interview Skills
- Ethical Dilemmas of Ethnography
- Digital Methods & Online Communities
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- Interviews
- Micro-Community Participant Observation
- On-The-Job Participant Observation
- Digital Ethnography
- Online Community Study
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