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Agenda. Assignment #1: Questions? Practice Reading Theory Identifying Concepts Identifying Relationships Assessing the fit between theory and observation. The research question. What question motivates Mills, Aronson & Robinson (1959)? Why might this be a useful question?.

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Agenda

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  1. Agenda • Assignment #1: Questions? • Practice Reading Theory • Identifying Concepts • Identifying Relationships • Assessing the fit between theory and observation

  2. The research question What question motivates Mills, Aronson & Robinson (1959)? • Why might this be a useful question?

  3. The concepts & variables What concepts do Mills, Aronson & Robinson (1959) deploy? • Which concepts are variables?

  4. The relationships How are the concepts related? • What mechanisms lie behind the relationships? • How would you diagram the relationships?

  5. The measures How are the concepts operationalized? • Any manipulated? • Any discovered? • Any held constant? How do the measures square with their respective concepts?

  6. The design How well does the design reflect the theoretical processes of interest?

  7. The conclusions How reasonable are the conclusions, in light of your understanding of the theory and the design?

  8. Extensions Freedman (1965) Sears & Freedman (1967) Frey (1986)

  9. For Thursday • Complete assignment #1 (return by 9 a.m. tomorrow) • Readings on causation and research design • Schutt, Chapter 6 • Shadish, Cook & Campbell, Chapter 1

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