POLSCI 3N06 Lecture Notes - Regression Analysis, 68 Pages

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 3N06
• Professor: Todd Alway

Document Summary

Methods assignment notes part 2 of research proposal for 3n06. Based on the literature review, should have a well developed question: research hypothesis (what do you expect to get from the research?) You will not be collecting real data. All that you will be doing is talking about one research method in each of these assignments. Part 2 data collection (1) surveys (2) interviews (3) ethnographic research (4) focus groups. Part 3 final component (analysis) (1) qualitative and quantitative: discourse analysis, qualitative content analysis, statistical techniques like regression analysis, etc. Body of paper: start by describing the data collection method that will be using; Last section of paper: look at the strengths and limitations of the data colleciton method as it relates to the research question! 3-4 references other than the textbook and literature review notes. Statistics canada website publish studies on research methods, specially surveys and interviews.