Research Seminar

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент политологии и международных отношений

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватели

Аркатов Дмитрий Александрович

Рябов Дмитрий Олегович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The primary aim of the course is to complement other methodological courses by offering a platform for the practice of social science research. Furthermore, a specific part of the course is dedicated to the introduction of case study research designs, methods, and techniques. The course consists of three main parts. The first (sessions 1-3) aims to deepen the students’ conceptual command in certain areas of positivistic research, focusing on epistemology, causality, trade-offs and pitfalls of research, etc. The second part (sessions 4-12) addresses the theory and practice of positivistic case study research. In this regard, the key issues will be: definition of a ‘case’; case selection strategies; comparative case studies; longitudinal case studies; mixed-method research. In the final, third part of the course (sessions 13-20), the students will work with quantitative framework exploring the basics of linear, logistic, and count models. They will discuss the scope and limits of the quantitative methods and apply them to real-world problems. They will also learn how to use R statistical software for data manipulation, visualisation, and statistical analysis.