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Introduction


 

An overview of the course, an introduction to the research enterprise, and a discussion of epistemological and paradigmatic issues.

 

Check the schedule and the modules page to view the course as a whole.

 

 

Topics

  • Course overview and logistics

  • Why we need research methods

  • The research process

  • Design patterns of research

  • vectors and matrices

  • Epistemologies, paradigm wars, definitions of science

Handouts

  • Borgatti. The Research Process [html]
  • Trochim. Philosophy of research. [php]
  • Some definitions of science. [html]
  • What is science? [html]
  • Borgatti. How to read a journal article [html]

Quotes

  • “The work of the behavioral scientist might well become methodologically sounder if only he did not try so hard to be so scientific!”  -- Abraham Kaplan 1998. The Conduct of Inquiry.

Bibliography

 

Articles

  • Schweizer, T. "Epistemology." In Bernard (ed) 1998. Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. [pdf]
  • Reynolds, P.C. (1991). "Bloody Stumps" in Stealing Fire:  The Atomic Bomb as Symbolic Body. Palo Alto, CA: Iconic  Anthropology Press.  [pdf] // read & reflect on why research methods are needed

Points of discussion

  • Is a separate science of man needed? or could the social sciences be folded under biology?

Links

 


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