POLI 364 — Methods of Political Research
Political Science · University of Ghana
The course will introduce students to inductive and deductive methods; research designexperimental, Non-experimental (e.g. case study) design etc: formulating a research question or problem, and explaining or defining the problem – independent and dependent variables, etc; conceptual definition and operationalisation; units of analysis; formulating hypotheses, types of hypotheses. Methods of Survey Research. Computing methodsdeveloping computerbased skills. Problems of measurement – reliability, validity; levels of measurementnominal, ordinal, interval and ratio will be dealt with. PRESCRIBED ELECTIVES: i) International Politics:
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 300
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- POLI 341 — Ancient and Medieval Political Thought
- POLI 343 — Introduction to Political Research
- POLI 345 — International Organizations
- POLI 346 — Africa in the Global System
- POLI 347 — International Conflict, Conflict Resolution and Human Rights
- POLI 348 — Regional Integration
- POLI 349 — Ghana from Colonialism to Independence
- POLI 351 — Africa: Political Economy of Colonialism
- POLI 352 — Issues in Comparative Politics
- POLI 353 — Theories of Development and Underdevelopment
- POLI 354 — State-Society Relations in Ghana since Independence
- POLI 355 — Identities and Conflicts in Africa
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).