This course prepares students to conceptualize their theses in terms of research questions and design, methodology, data collection and qualitative analysis. In doing so, this course focuses more narrowly on the issues, problems, and strategies related to 'small-N' qualitative research, for the most part setting aside the techniques of large-N statistical analysis, which are covered in 7011GBS. Students will read and discuss texts related to theory formation and hypothesis testing; creating proxies and measurement; descriptive and causal inference; longitudinal, comparative and case study research; field data collection; working with texts and analyzing qualitative data. This course is... -- Course Website
