Research Craft Human Geography
Research Craft in Human Geography Whether you are planning to do your own research or want to be a more savvy consumer of research produced by others, it is useful to develop an understanding of the process of creating, discovering, and interpreting information about the world. In this course, students will explore quantitative and qualitative methodologies and the ways they can be used in human geography research. Through examples, exercises, and readings, students will learn the types of questions different techniques are designed to answer, how they work, and how to interpret the results. Students will gain hands on experience conducting surveys, generating and interpreting qualitative data, selecting and implementing statistical analyses, and writing research reports, to build competence and critical awareness in the practice and communication of research.
Research Craft in Human Geography Whether you are planning to do your own research or want to be a more savvy consumer of research produced by others, it is useful to develop an understanding of the process of creating, discovering, and interpreting information about the world. In this course, students will explore quantitative and qualitative methodologies and the ways they can be used in human geography research. Through examples, exercises, and readings, students will learn the types of questions different techniques are designed to answer, how they work, and how to interpret the results. S …Read more
I genuinely enjoyed this class even though I have no intention in majoring in geography. This was very R- heavy. Everything from labs to lectures was circulating around R, and I don't usually enjoy coding or doing anything technical because I am very humanities-oriented. However, Jess made it very easy to understand and was more than willing to help and very empathetic towards people who were new to R. She also offers a lot of opportunities to raise your grade and help outside of class. How you will be graded: bi monthly labs (all in R, Nvivo, or one non-coding paper), weekly 4 question quizzes, and a final research project/paper. After this class, I think I want to take more classes in statistics or data science.
I genuinely enjoyed this class even though I have no intention in majoring in geography. This was very R- heavy. Everything from labs to lectures was circulating around R, and I don't usually enjoy coding or doing anything technical because I am very humanities-oriented. However, Jess made it very easy to understand and was more than …Read more