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Bethany L Albertson
POL S 559
Seattle Campus
Examination of current topics on the theory and practice of political methodology. Course content varies according to recent developments in the field and the research interests of the instructor.
Class description
Topic: Survey Research and Experimental Methods Description: This course has two main goals: to help students become critical consumers of survey and experiment based research, and to give students the skills they need to incorporate surveys and experiments into their own research. Experimental Methods: In this section, we’ll cover the basics of experimental design, field vs. lab experiments, and survey based experimentation. Survey Research: Topics covered will include issues related to questionnaire design, such as social desirability and question order effects. We will also cover sampling techniques and while this is not a statistics course, we will address statistical issues related to survey analysis, such as non-response.
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