Lecture Slides

Slides will posted after each class meeting.

Slides are in PDF format. Click a link to open or right-click to download.

Week 1

Day 1- Introductions

Day 2- The Importance of Research: Causality and Inference

Day 3- Research Questions and Literature Reviews

Day 4- Measurement 1: Concepts and Variables

Week 2

Day 5- Measurement 2: Reliability and Validity

Day 6- Probability and Confidence Intervals

Day 7- Regression

Day 8 - Midterm

Week 3

Day 9- Regression Again - Multivariate, Assumptions, and Robustness

Day 10- Regression Assumptions and Transformations + Experiments

Day 11 - Qualitative Methods and Cases

Day 12 - Research Ethics and Qualitative 2