Weekly Lecture Outlines

Check below each week before and after class to familiarize yourself with the course lecture keypoints.

Week

Lecture Topic

Date

01

The Culture of Research - Epistemology and Economics

01-23

02

The Logistics of Research - Measurement and Inquiry

01-30

03

Methods of Design I - Sampling

02-06

04

Methods of Design II - Experiments

02-13

05

Methods of Collection I - Surveys

02-20

06

Methods of Collection II - Observation

02-27

07

Methods of Collection II - Unobtrusive Methods

03-05

08

Midterm Examination

03-12

09

Methods of Simple Analysis I - Frequency & Crosstabulation

03-26

10

Methods of Simple Analysis II - Means, Variance & Covariance

04-02

11

Methods of Multivariate Analysis I - ANOVA Models

04-09

12

Methods of Multivariate Analysis II - Path Equation Models

04-16

13

Methods of Multivariate Analysis III - Log Linear Models

04-23

14

Methods of Multivariate Analysis IV - Logistic Regression

04-30

15

Methods of Publishing Research - The Written Report

05-07

16

Final Examination

05-14