Research methods 2
- Course Code:
- 15PECC040
- Unit value:
- 0.4
- Taught in:
- Term 1
The aim of the course is to provide students with the capacity to understand and apply the different methodologies available for applied research in the political economy of development. In addition, the course aims to provide an understanding of the principles of research design and strategy. Topics covered include methodological debates in social sciences including issues related to the choice of methodology, its philosophical underpinning and the role of different research methods in economic research.
The second part of the course will look at conceptual and data measurement issues, looking at data quality debates in household survey, labour force surveys and the analysis of poverty.
Objectives and learning outcomes of the course
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Interpret and test the estimated coefficients from simple bivariate regressions and multiple regressions
- Test the goodness and fit of the model
- Validate the main assumptions of the estimation procedures
- Use the log-linear functional form
- Use dummy variables to include categorical variables on the right-hand side of the equation, i.e. as independent variables
