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Level: Graduate

The goal of this course is to provide you with the essential skills and knowledge to be an intelligent consumer and practitioner of research. On the one hand, today's high tech culture and economy requires that you can consume research; that is, have the ability to analyze empirical data and thoughtfully appraise the analyses of others. Research is an integral part of everyday problem-solving and decision-making. Additionally, this graduate program is going to ask you to engage in the research process. To understand and participate in the growth of a science, no matter how modestly, you must have a working knowledge of methods and procedures. When done properly research is exciting, creative, fun and personally and scientifically rewarding. To this end, our course will introduce you to a wide array of research tools (surveys, experiments, content analysis and field research) available to social scientists.