Methods of communication research grounded in data, collection for the purposes of prediction and, explanation (quantitative methods) or description, and interpretation (qualitative methods). Course, spans philosophy of inquiry; relationship of, theory to data in developing questions and, hypotheses; logic of sampling, measurement, and, statistical inference; uses of interviews,, fieldwork, and textual analysis; criteria for, evaluating quantitative and qualitative work;, research ethics.
- Teacher: Joseph Gantt