Course Materials

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# Module 2

Models & Measurement

Learning Objectives: Knowing the meaning of observations, unit of analysis, variables (independent and dependent variables), reliability vs validity, and qualitative vs quantitative variables

Before the Class
  • Remler & Van Ryzin. Chapter 1. Research in the Real World.
  • Remler & Van Ryzin. Chapter 2. Theory, Models, and Research Questions: No need to read "Logic Models: Mechanisms of Programs" and "Alternative Perspectives on Theory in Social Research".   
  • Remler & Van Ryzin. Chapter 4. Measurement: Focus on the concepts in the following sections: "What is Measurements?", "Validity" (No need to read criterion-related validity), "Measurement Error", "Reliability", "Validity and Reliability: Contrasted and Compared", and "Levels of Measurement"   
During the Class