RM - 15wk & 6wk course

• Wk0: Intro Course 

Part I - Basics of Scientific Inquiry

• Wk1: Intro to Research Methods / What is Science? 

• Wk2: Basics of Human Inquiry / The Scientific Enterprise 

• Wk3: Ethics of Social Research 

• Wk4: Communicating Science 

Part II - Observation & Qualitative Research

• Wk5: Observation 

• Wk6: Qualitative Methods & Qualitative Data Analysis

Part III - Quantitative Research

• Wk7: Quantitative Descriptive Research

• Wk8: Measurement 

• Wk9: Midterm 

• Wk10: Survey Research

• Wk11: Survey Research cont'd

• Wk12: Quantitative Data Analysis (Descriptive Statistics + Inferential Statistics (maybe))

Part IV - Experiments 

• Wk13: Fall Break 

• Wk14: Experimental Design / Independent Groups 

• Wk15: Quasi-Experiments & Program Evaluation

• Wk16: Last day of classes

Wk1

• day 1: Intro to course

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Wk2

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Wk3

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Wk4

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Wk5

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