The following is a tentative class plan. I have left on class period open to accommodate scheduling adjustments due to weather or other unforeseen events.
Further adjustments may be necessary.
Class Plan
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Date |
Topic |
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012904 |
Introduction |
1 – 18 |
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020504 |
Studying Politics
Scientifically |
22 – 40 “The Role of Candidate
Spending in Presidential Nomination Campaigns.” Audrey A. Haynes; Paul-Henri Gurian; Stephen M. Nichols. The Journal of Politics, Vol. 59, No. 1. (Feb., 1997), pp.
213-225. (link) |
|
021204 |
Building Blocks of
Political Science Research |
45 – 68 “Repression of Human
Rights”. Neal Tate; Steven Poe. American Political Science Review.
Vol. 88(4) (Dec. 1994) pp. 853-872. (link). |
|
021904 |
Measurement |
72 – 92 “Presidential Power and the United States Supreme Court.” Jeff Yates; Andrew Whitford. Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 51,
No. 2. (Jun., 1998), pp. 539-550. (link) |
|
022604 |
Measurment Research Design |
92 – 105 111 – 118 “Does Attack Advertising Demobilize
the Electorate?” Stephen Ansolabehere; Shanto Iyengar; Adam Simon;
Nicholas Valentino. The American
Political Science Review, Vol. 88(4). (Dec., 1994), pp. 829-838. (link) |
|
030404 |
Research Design |
118 – 138 “Effects of Public Opinion
on Policy.” Benjamin I. Page; Robert Y. Shapiro. The American Political Science Review, Vol. 77, No. 1. (Mar.,
1983), pp. 175-190. (link). |
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031104 |
Research Design Literature Review |
138 – 147 154 – 170 “The Strategic Logic of
Suicide Terrorism” Robert A. Pape. The American
Political Science Review, Vol. 97(3). (Aug., 2003), pp. 343-361. (link
pdf format). |
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031804 |
Literature Review Empirical Observation |
171 – 180 216 – 227 |
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040104 |
Empirical Observation Document Analysis |
227 – 233 237 – 255 “Ideological Values and the
Votes of |
|
040804 |
Document Analysis Elite Interviewing |
255 – 267 271 – 277 “Lessons Learned: Practical
Lessons Gleaned from Inside the Truth Commissions of Mark Freeman. Human Rights Quarterly, 25 (2003)
1117–1149. (link). |
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041504 |
Presentations |
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042204 |
Survey Research |
277 – 297 “Civil Liberties vs.
Security: Public Opinion in the Context of the Terrorist Attacks on Darren W. Davis; Brian D. Silver. American
Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48(1)(Jan. 2004),
pp. 28-46. (Handout). |
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042904 |
Annotated Research Report |
437 – 455 |
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050604 |
Open |
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