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36 - Teaching Research Methods and Statistics

from Part V - Tips for a Successful Research Career

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2023

By
Jordan R. Wagge
Edited by
Austin Lee Nichols  and
John Edlund
Austin Lee Nichols
Affiliation:
Central European University, Vienna
John Edlund
Affiliation:
Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
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Summary

This chapter can serve either as a starting point or a recharging point for instructors who are preparing to teach research methods and/or statistics at the college or graduate level. Using empirical work and experience, I’ll discuss the importance of these classes and then provide a list of what I perceive to be the most important recommendations and biggest challenges related to teaching these courses. Because so many classes include projects, I have dedicated half of the recommendations and challenges to the ones that involve student projects. It is my hope that a person reading this takes away a set of ideas and feels empowered to teach these courses well. For all the challenges, teaching these classes can be rewarding for the instructor and transformative for the student.

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The Cambridge Handbook of Research Methods and Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume 1: Building a Program of Research
 , pp. 773 - 792
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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