Reading List: Semester-long references are at the bottom of the page. Click on each session to view readings for that session.
| Date | Methods + Inquiry | Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Sep | Introductions, Positioning Inquiry | |
| 12 Sep | Inquiries and Epistemologies | Organizing Ourselves |
| 19 Sep | Research Questions to Research Design | Discuss Semester Project Ideas |
| 26 Sep | Validity, Causality and Instrumentation | Research Statements + Signals |
| 3 Oct | Modeling ** | |
| 10 Oct | Diff in Diff; Discontinuity ** | |
| 17 Oct | Surveys ** | Lightning Talks ⚡ |
| 24 Oct | Experiments and Quasi-Experiments | Guest Speaker |
| 31 Oct | CSS: Numbers: Scraped and Found ** | Research Design and Methods |
| 7 Nov | Election Day Holiday 🗳️ | |
| 14 Nov | CSS: Participation and Crowds ** | Guest Speaker |
| 21 Nov | CSS: Machines + Creating Data ** | Descriptive Statistics or Instrument Design |
| 1 Dec, 1pm: Ethical Considerations aka What Can Go Wrong? (Zoom, CU Login req.) One-on-On Scheduling. | ||
| 5 Dec | Conference Talks |
** = Sessions with Discussion Lead
Highly Recommended References:
Singleton, R., & Straits, B. C. (2010). Approaches to Social Research. Oxford University Press, USA. (I highly recommend purchasing this book, new or used, as I still use it to this date. It is on reserve in Avery Library or can be read as an e-book via the Internet Archive.)
Salganik, M. J. (2019). Bit by Bit: Social Research in the Digital Age. Princeton University Press. (Ebook via Columbia Libraries)
Recommended
Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J.-S. (2009). Mostly harmless econometrics: An empiricist’s companion. Princeton University Press. (Ebook via Columbia Libraries)
Angrist, J. D., & Pischke, J.-S. (2014). Mastering ’metrics: The path from cause to effect. Princeton University Press. (On reserve in Avery)
Cook, T. D., Campbell, D. T., & Shadish, W. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference (Vol. 1195). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. (On reserve in Avery)
Zeisel, J. (2006). Inquiry by design: Environment Behaviour Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape and Planning. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY. (On reserve in Avery)
Some readings were selected from Lance Freeman, who taught a previous version of this course, and Joann Carmin, an inspirational former professor of mine. Thank you for inspiring me and a generation of young scholars, Joann.
