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PLAD 8120 - Qualitative and Mixed Methods

Effective Start Date: 08/02/2021
Examines qualitative methods in political science, including ethnography, interviewing, focus groups, process tracing, and archival research, while exploring their integration with large-n methodologies such as field and natural experiments and survey research. Explores theoretical, empirical, and epistemological issues in qualitative and multi-method research, with attention to concept definition and measurement.

Credits: 3
Grading Basis: Student Option