MIT OpenCourseWare
Political Science Scope and Methods
- Instructor
- Prof. Chappell Lawson
- Term
- Fall 2017
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 4 readings · 11 other files · 6 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 17.801 Political Science Scope and Methods, Fall 2017, Prof. Chappell Lawson — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: none is claimed; materials are grouped by MIT's own sections. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- MIT lists a session calendar for this course, but it could not be verified well enough to build a sequence from it — materials are grouped by section instead.
Not included here
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- MIT's page format for this item wasn't recognized clearly enough to place it safely. (38 items)
- Referenced in a table, but without MIT's own verified order, so it isn't used to claim a sequence.
Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Calendar and Assignments
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods: Qualtrics Class Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods: Qualtrics Class Download
Readings
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Readings: Can Field Work Be Scientific? Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Readings: Interview Guide Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Readings: Theses I Wish Someone Would Write Download
Lecture Slides
8 files
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Choosing a Topic Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Conducting Field Research Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Observational Data Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Research Design Checklist Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Research Method: small N Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: The Scientific Method Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Theory and Method Download
- 17.801F17 Political Science Scope and Methods Lecture Slides: Using Qualtrics For Online Surveys Download
Projects
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Chappell Lawson, 17.801 Political Science Scope and Methods, Fall 2017.
License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 · Edition: Fall 2017 · Open the original course on OCW ↗
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