A notebook ready for the data of social empirical research, an understanding of which will be developed in this class. (Image courtesy of Ivan Soares Ferrer and stock.xchng.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Jesper B. Sorensen
Prof. Lotte Bailyn
MIT Course Number
15.347
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
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Course Description
Course Description
This course is designed to lay the foundations of good empirical research in the social sciences. It does not deal with specific techniques per se, but rather with the assumptions and the logic underlying social research. Students become acquainted with a variety of approaches to research design, and are helped to develop their own research projects and to evaluate the products of empirical research.