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Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I
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- Instructors
- Prof. Jesper B. Sorensen, Prof. Lotte Bailyn
- Term
- Fall 2004
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 reading · 3 other files · 3 web pages
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- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I, Fall 2004, Prof. Jesper B. Sorensen, Prof. Lotte Bailyn — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture 2: What is Theory Making Sense of Data
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Lecture 3: Research Ethics Introduction to the Library
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Lecture 4: Logic of Experimentation and Measurement, Validity, and Reliability
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Lecture 5: Quasi-Experiments Project Proposals
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Lecture 6: Elaboration: Causality and Causal Inference
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Lecture 7: Assignment I Note: Heavy assignment coming up - good to start this week Visitor
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Lecture 8: Units and Levels of Analysis Sampling Selection Issues Common Problems and Pitfalls
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Lecture 9: Positivism and Non-Positivism Making a Contribution
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Lecture 10: Project Updates Visitor
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Lecture 11: Getting it Done: Issues in Doing It Visitor
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Lecture 12: Project Presentations
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Jesper B. Sorensen, Prof. Lotte Bailyn, 15.347 Doctoral Seminar in Research Methods I, Fall 2004.
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