The Final Research Project consists of a research study that you will perform in collaboration with fellow learners. Together you will formulate a research hypothesis and design, come up with operationalizations, create manipulation and measurement instruments, collect data, perform statistical analyses and document the results. In this course you will go through the entire research process and will be able to help determine what research question we will investigate and how we design and perform the research. This is an invaluable experience if you want to be able to critically evaluate scientific research in the social and behavioral sciences or design and perform your own studies in the future.
This course is part of the Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Specialization
Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
11 hour to complete
About the Final Research Project
This section provides all the general course information. You can find info on how this very special final research project is organized, what the important deadlines are, and how the grading works.
1 video (Total 4 min), 7 readings
7 readings
Hi there...10m
General info - What will I learn in this course?10m
Course format - How is this course structured?10m
Requirements - What resources do I need?10m
Grading - How do I pass this course?10m
Team - Who created this course?10m
Honor Code - Integrity in this course10m
1 hour to complete
Preparing for Milestone 1 - Research topic
In this section you will learn about the research topic in preparation of reaching your first milestone - formulating a general research hypothesis and design. Make sure you read the material well, you will be working on this research topic for the next six weeks!
1 video (Total 1 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
2 readings
Instruction - General research topic10m
General information and literature (ST)10m
1 practice exercise
Comprehension (ST)12m
2 hours to complete
Milestone 1 - General hypothesis and design
In this section you will work on Milestone 1 - formulating a general hypothesis and design.
1 video (Total 3 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
2 readings
Instruction - How to formulate a general hypothesis and design10m
Collective general hypothesis and design10m
Week
22 hours to complete
Milestone 2 - Design, operationalizations and expectations
In this module - based on the collective general hypothesis and design - you will create a more detailed design.
1 video (Total 5 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
2 readings
Instruction - How to formulate a more specific design with operationalizations and expectations10m
Collective detailed design and expectations10m
Week
32 hours to complete
Milestone 3 - Measurement and manipulation material
In this module - based on the collective detailed design - you will create instruments to measure and manipulate the variables in our study.
1 video (Total 2 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
2 readings
Instruction - How to create measurement and manipulation material10m
Collective measurement and manipulation material10m
Week
43 hours to complete
Milestone 4 - Data collection, methods documentation and analysis plan
In this module you will document the methods and material used to perform the study and you will create a statistical analysis plan.
1 video (Total 2 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes
2 readings
Instruction - How to document methods and create an analysis plan10m
Collective data and example statistical plan10m
Instructor
Annemarie Zand Scholten
Assistant ProfessorEconomics and Business
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About the Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Specialization
Identify interesting questions, analyze data sets, and correctly interpret results to make solid, evidence-based decisions.
This Specialization covers research methods, design and statistical analysis for social science research questions. In the final Capstone Project, you’ll apply the skills you learned by developing your own research question, gathering data, and analyzing and reporting on the results using statistical methods.
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