This is a page about my course Research Methodology, which aims at MPA students and requires little maths knowledge and no quantitative background. The slides are open for downloading below.
This course is a general introduction to social research methods and will cover three main empirical research activities: (1) the general introduction to research, including topics on Introduction to Social Science Research, and Research Design; (2) the empirical methods part, including topics on Case Study in Qualitative Research, Descriptive Statistics, Explorative Data Analysis, Sampling and Inference, Data Collection with Questionaries, Secondary Data for Original Research, Confirmative Data Analysis and Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis and Correlation, Causal Inference, and Mediation and Moderation; (3) the reading and writing part, including topics like Guides to Academic Writing.
Here are two ways of downloading the slides. You can choose whichever is most convenient for you.
A. Onsite downloading (Right-click the links and choose “Save”)
- Lecture 1: Introduction to Social Science Research
- Lecture 2: Research Design (I)
- Lecture 3: Research Design (II)
- Lecture 4: Case Study in Qualitative Research
- Lecture 5: Descriptive Statistics and Explorative Data Analysis
- Lecture 6: Population and Sampling in Survey
- Lecture 7: Primary Data Collection with Questionaries
- Lecture 8: Secondary Data for Original Research
- Lecture 9: Confirmative Data Analysis and Hypothesis Testing
- Lecture 10: Regression Analysis (I)
- Lecture 11: Regression Analysis (II)
- Lecture 12: Causal Inference (I)
- Lecture 13: Causal Inference (II)
- Lecture 14: Mediation and Moderation
- Lecture 15: Guides to Academic Writing
B. Offsite downloading via Google Drive (only for visitors outside mainland China)