The Final Research Project consists of a research study that you will perform in collaboration with fellow learners. Together you will formulate a research hypothesis and design, come up with operationalizations, create manipulation and measurement instruments, collect data, perform statistical analyses and document the results.
Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project
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Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project
This course is part of Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences Specialization
Instructor: Annemarie Zand Scholten
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13 hours to complete
3 weeks at 4 hours a week
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There are 10 modules in this course
This section provides all the general course information. You can find info on how this very special final research project is organized, what the important deadlines are, and how the grading works.
What's included
1 video7 readings1 discussion prompt
In this section you will learn about the research topic in preparation of reaching your first milestone - formulating a general research hypothesis and design. Make sure you read the material well, you will be working on this research topic for the next six weeks!
What's included
1 video2 readings1 assignment
In this section you will work on Milestone 1 - formulating a general hypothesis and design.
What's included
1 video2 readings1 peer review
In this module - based on the collective general hypothesis and design - you will create a more detailed design.
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1 video2 readings1 peer review
In this module - based on the collective detailed design - you will create instruments to measure and manipulate the variables in our study.
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1 video2 readings1 peer review
In this module you will document the methods and material used to perform the study and you will create a statistical analysis plan.
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1 video2 readings1 peer review1 app item
In this module you will perform and document the final statistical analyses
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1 video1 reading1 peer review1 app item
In this module you will work on the final milestone, reporting the results of your research study.
What's included
1 video1 reading1 peer review
In this module we'll reflect on the outcome of our study and look back on the entire research process. If you're behind schedule submitting your last milestone assignments, there's still time to catch-up!
What's included
1 reading1 discussion prompt
In this final module we'll reflect on this final research project course and the entire specialization. Last chance to catch-up and give us feedback!
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2 readings2 discussion prompts
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