Course ID: | FHCE 8050. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Research Methods in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics II |
Course Description: | Advanced research methods. Integration of research design,
measurement, and data analysis. Preparing a research proposal on
topics in financial planning, housing and consumer economics. |
Oasis Title: | Research Methods in FHCE II |
Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FHCE 8050E |
Prerequisite: | (FHCE 8000 or FHCE 8000E or HACE 8000 or HACE 8000E) or permission of department |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Students will:
Have an appreciation for the interrelationships between choices of research design,
measurement methods and techniques,and data analysis in research on housing and
consumer economics.
Demonstrate competence in applying concepts in research methods on a topic of
their choice in housing and consumer economics.
Be able to prepare and critically evaluate research proposals on topics in housing
and consumer economics that use a variety of research designs, data collection
techniques, and data anlayses methods. |
Topical Outline: | Proposal writing process
Advanced topics in research design in housing and consumer economics
Experimental designs
Quasi-experimental designs
Ex post facto designs
Cross-sectional
Panel designs
Advanced measurement issues in research in housing and consumer economics
Applications of data analysis in conjunction with research design and measurement
Putting it all together--the research proposal |