INFO 6620
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Classes
INFO 6620
Course Description
Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.
This graduate seminar is intended to acquaint students with critical issues in designing and executing social research. The goal of the course is to equip students to make their own analytically sound contributions to social research about technology, while critically considering their own roles as social scientists. Among the topics the course is likely to cover are: formulating good research questions and fitting appropriate methods to them; practical aspects of data collection; forms of validity; critical assessment of constructs and classifications; the roles of failure and surprise in social research; and positionality and the researcher's relationship to social policy.
When Offered Fall (not offered every year).
Permission Note Enrollment limited to: INFO PhD students or instructor permission.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Online Meeting
- Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
Instructors
Levy, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
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M
Online Meeting
Cornell Tech - Aug 27 - Dec 8, 2020
Instructors
Levy, K
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M
Online Meeting
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Online
Taught in NYC at Cornell Tech.