Week
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Topic
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Reading/Assignment
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WK 1A
4 Sept
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Introduction to the course
Purposes of research.
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Pajo, Ch. 1. p. 1-10
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WK 1B
6 Sept
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Theories of knowledge, philosophy of social science
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Pajo, Ch. 1. p. 10-18
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WK 2A
11 Sept
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Cont’d
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Pajo, Ch. 2 Formulating a Research Question p. 28-32
Start planning your topic
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WK 2B
13 Sept
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Operationalizing constructs
Identifying variables
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Pajo, Ch. 1. Ethical Research p. 18-24
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WK 3A
18 Sept
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The qualitative/quantitative/mixed methods debate
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Pajo, Ch. 2 Formulating a Research Question p. 32-37
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WK 3B
20 Sept
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Workshop: Identifying and developing strong research questions
Research ethics
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Pajo, Ch. 2 Formulating a Research Question p. 37-51
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WK 4A
25 Sept
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To hypothesize or not to hypothesize?
Workshop on our RQs, variables, possible hypotheses
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Graded assignment 1: Details on Moodle
Pajo, Ch. 3 Researching and Writing the Literature Review p. 53-81
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WK 4B
27 Sept
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Introduction to Literature reviews
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Collect sources for literature review
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WK 5A
2 Oct
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Core elements of research design
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Finish Graded assignment 1
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WK 5B
4 Oct
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Graded assignment 1 Due
Core elements of research design cont’d
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Organize materials for literature review
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WK 6A
9 Oct
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Workshopping literature review
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Draft literature review
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WK 6B
11 Oct
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Workshopping literature review
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Complete literature review
Pajo, Ch. 4 Quantitative Designs
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WK 7A
16 Oct
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Literature review due
Quantitative designs and methods
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Pajo, Ch. 8 Secondary Data
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WK 7B
18 Oct
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Using secondary data
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WK 7C
20 Oct
FRIDAY
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MAKE-UP DAY
Qualitative designs and methods
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Pajo, Ch. 11 Qualitative Designs and Data Collection, p. 251-269
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WK 8A
23 Oct
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Qualitative designs and methods cont’d
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Pajo, Ch. 11 Qualitative Designs and Data Collection, p. 269-280
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WK 8B
25 Oct
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Workshop: Selecting our cases, designing our data collection
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Pajo, Ch. 7 Data Collection for Quantitative Research
Work on research project design
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WK 9A
30 Oct
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Workshop: Selecting our cases, designing our data collection
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Draft research project design
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WK 9B
1 Nov
NO CLASS
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ITALIAN NATIONAL HOLIDAY
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Finish research project design
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WK 10A
6 Nov
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Research project design due
Workshop: collecting the data
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WK 10B
8 Nov
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Workshop: collecting the data
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WK 11A
13 Nov
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Workshop: collecting the data
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Pajo, Ch. 12 Entering, Coding and Analyzing Qualitative Data
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WK 11B
15 Nov
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Entering, coding and analyzing data
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WK 12A
20 Nov
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Analyzing your data
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Pajo, Ch. 13 Results and Discussion
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WK 12B
22 Nov
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Reporting results
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WK 13A
27 Nov
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Data analysis and reporting assignment due
Presenting research orally and in writing
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Pajo, Ch. 14 Presenting Your Research
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WK 13
29 Nov
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Writing workshop
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Work on research project write-up
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WK 14A
4 Dec
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Writing workshop
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Work on research project write-up
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WK 14B
6 Dec
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Writing workshop
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Work on research project write-up
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FINALS WEEK
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Complete written research project due
Research project presentations
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