POLS 038. Designing and Doing Political Science Research (IR) (CP) (AP)

An introduction into research design and drawing inferences from data. The first section covers theories, hypotheses, conceptualization and descriptive inference, and approaches to causal inference. The second section focuses on small-n research designs and qualitative methods, covering case studies, small-n comparative analysis, process tracing, and interviewing. The third section introduces students to some basic elements of quantitative research design and statistical analysis, including with both observational and experimental data.
Please note, this course does not fulfill the POLS Theory Requirement (must take POLS 011 or 012). This course may only be counted toward one distribution requirement for the major/minor.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Fall 2023. Schwarz.
Fall 2024. Handlin.
Catalog chapter: Political Science
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/political-science

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