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Social Science Approaches to the Study of Chinese Society Part 1

This course seeks to turn learners into informed consumers of social science research. It introduces concepts, standards, and principles of social science research to the interested non-expert. Learners who complete the course will be able to assess evidence and critically evaluate claims about important social phenomena. It reviews the origins and development of social science, describes the process of discovery in contemporary social science research, and explains how contemporary social science differs from apparently related fields. It describes the goals, basic paradigms, and methodologies of the major social science disciplines. It offers an overview of the major questions that are the focus of much contemporary social science research, overall and for China. Special emphasis is given to explaining the challenges that social scientists face in drawing conclusions about cause and effect from their studies, and offers an overview of the approaches that are used to overcome these challenges. Explanation is non-technical and does not involve mathematics. Statistics and quantitative methods are not covered. Explore the big questions in social science and learn how you can be a critical, informed consumer of social science research. Course Overview video: https://youtu.be/QuMOAlwhpvU After you complete Part 1, enroll in Part 2 to learn how to be a PRODUCER of Social science research. Part 2: https://www.coursera.org/learn/social-science-research-chinese-society

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Rating 5.0★ based on 5 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Effort 1-2 hours a week
Starts Jul 10 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology via Coursera
Instructor Cameron Campbell
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Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Data Science Education
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Professor Campbell pointed out the traps, pitfalls and controversy in many areas, so there are rich contents worth re-visiting.

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Great course for laying foundations, but part 1 does not really have much to do with Chinese society.

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It is very valuable for students who wanted to study social science in university to take it as a preview

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a general introduction with a lot of contents, great course The course is very meaningful to learn the basic skills in social science.

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Rating 5.0★ based on 5 ratings
Length 9 weeks
Effort 1-2 hours a week
Starts Jul 10 (42 weeks ago)
Cost $49
From The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology via Coursera
Instructor Cameron Campbell
Download Videos On all desktop and mobile devices
Language English
Subjects Social Sciences Data Science Education
Tags Social Sciences Data Science Data Analysis Education

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