Instructor: Ken Godwin

Office: Fretwell 450H

Office phone: 704 687-4522

Email: godwink@email.uncc.edu

Office hours: Tu & Th 1:30-3:00pm

                       and by appointment

Course Description

PPOL 8602. Research Design (3) This course introduces the conceptual and methodological issues in policy research.  The course provides a broad overview of research methods, an opportunity to conduct empirically based research and analysis, and experience in analyzing, critiquing, presenting, and defending research. (Spring)

• Syllabus Spring 2005

• Focus Group I

• Research Paper Schedule

• Focus Group II

• DSI Chapter 1

• Representation, Descriptive Representation, & Electoral Structures

• SS Chapter 1

• Quasi-Experiments with Nonrandom Assignment

• SS Chapter 4 Elements of a Research Design (RD)

• Estimating Treatment Effects in Quasi-Experiments

• Ten Steps to Successful Publication

• Mohr Chapter 4-5

• NSF Criteria

• Structural Equation Modeling

• What are Case Studies?

• Case Study Selection Bias

• Case Study and Quantitative Method