Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 11.233 (Fall 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Urban Studies and Planning 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. JoAnn Carmin 
• Course Introduction:
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  11.233 Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  11.233 Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2007

  
  
  

  

  This course includes sessions that focus on eliciting information through surveys and interviews. (Image courtesy of munir on Flickr.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course develops skills in research design for policy analysis and planning. The emphasis is on the logic of the research process and its constituent elements. The course relies on a seminar format so students are expected to read all of the assigned materials and come to class prepared to discuss key themes, ideas, and controversies. Since the materials draw broadly on the social sciences, and since students have diverse interests and methodological preferences, ongoing themes in our discussions will be linking concepts to planning scholarship in general and considering how different epistemological orientations and methodological techniques map on to planning specializations.