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§6(2)2. VU Research Designs and Methods II (2 / 5)
Students are able to analyse concepts of research projects and to evaluate and reorganize

them in terms of suitability for their dissertation project. They know how to put research

questions and to constitute their individual choice of method. Students are able to use

specific political science-related methods and methods which are relevant for their own

research project.

1. Knowledge and knowing in social science research

2. Finding and formulating research questions

3. Reserach design

4. Some specific research designs

5. Quantitative methods: supervised learning

6. Quantitative methods: unsupervised learning

Halperin, Sandra & Oliver Heath (2012): Political Research. Methods and Practical Skills. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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