Description: Empirical Research Methods
Francis J. DiTraglia
2022-06-02
Supervising undergraduate, masters-level, and doctoral research students has shown me just how many of the skills that I take for granted in my day-to-day work were never taught in a course, but acquired through years of painful trial-and-error. You've probably heard that "the only way to learn how to do research is by doing research." Indeed: classroom exercises are always somewhat artificial, and there is no substitute for getting your hands dirty with a problem that really matters to you. But trial-and-e