Humanities & Social Sciences · Year 2 · Methods and societies

S3 Research methods

Design a study, collect data through questionnaires and interviews, and analyse it with descriptive and inferential statistics.

209hours of coursework

21weeks at 10 h

2steps

11new courses

2universities

A complete survey: research question, piloted questionnaire, sample of at least one hundred respondents, statistical analysis and a ten-page report.

Courses this semester

107 h

University of AmsterdamBeginnerR Programming

Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required

Show the 5 courses

Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Quantitative Methods	Beginner	30 h	4.7 (2,441)
Qualitative Research Methods	Intermediate	27 h	4.6 (1,423)
Basic Statistics	Beginner	17 h	4.6 (4,688)
Inferential Statistics	—	15 h	4.4 (615)
Methods and Statistics in Social Science - Final Research Project	Beginner	18 h	4.4 (71)

102 h

University of Michigan, University of Maryland, College ParkBeginnerStata, R

Stated prerequisites: Introductory statistics helpful for later courses

Show the 6 courses

Course	Level	Length	Rating (reviews)
Framework for Data Collection and Analysis	Beginner	10 h	—
Data Collection: Online, Telephone and Face-to-face	Beginner	21 h	4.6 (353)
Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys	Intermediate	17 h	4.5 (467)
Sampling People, Networks and Records	Beginner	26 h	4.3 (113)
Dealing With Missing Data	—	18 h	3.8 (139)
Combining and Analyzing Complex Data	—	10 h	4.2 (70)

Methods and Statistics in Social Sciences (Amsterdam) uses R: the basics are taught in the course.
Dealing With Missing Data (Michigan) is rated 3.8 and uses Stata or R: rely on OpenIntro Statistics.

This semester takes 209 hours, about 5 months at 10 hours a week. A Coursera Plus subscription gives access to most of its courses during that time.