POLS 255 - Qualitative Research Methods

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SP. This course introduces students to methods of systematic, qualitative observation used in the social sciences, equipping them to collect and analyze data. Students will be exposed to examples of ethnolgraphy, historical compartive analysis, typologies, path dependence, process tracing, necessary and sufficient logic, and fuzzy sets. Topics include participant observation, field notes, focus groups, ethics, interviewing, coding, and analysis.