New courses in Political Sciencehttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/index.htm2008-04-29MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmSeminar explores the development and application of qualitative research designs and methods in political analysis. Considers a broad array of approaches, from exploratory narratives to focused-comparison case studies, for investigating plausible alternative hypotheses. The focus is on analysis, not data collection.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-878Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmLocke, Richard2007-11-02T02:51:16-04:0017.878en-USPolitical ScienceEducational Statistics and Research Methodsfieldworkdocumentary evidenceresearch designsocial science researchsocial sciencecase studiesparticipant observationinterviewingsurvey researchqualitative researchMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm