Research Design Course

Meeting 2

Schedule for today

• Two brief presentations
• Discussion in groups of three
  • 15 minutes per session
  • Match with different participants in each session
• Roundtable discussion on your proposition
• Suggestions for the next one-pager

What We See and What We Write

• Inferring from specific to general
  • Is it your objective?
  • Descriptive or causal?
  • Reflect on your writing (and your audience)
• If you plan to generalise, think about:
  • local effects (heterogeneity)
  • measurement problems
  • meaning (context and time)
• Generalisation and external validity
• Empirical and theoretical contribution

Types of propositions in a nutshell

Example

Reflect at home