Welcome to "Social Science Methods III" at Dalarna University

The course runs from week 4 to week 13. 

In the course, you will study the different types of comparative methods, and their main approach, assumptions, advantages and problems. The course also covers research design, statistical analyses and the way a method is chosen in relation to a research question. The course problematises the relation between the quantitative and qualitative methodological traditions, and looks at considerations relating to research ethics.

The course is entirely web-based but includes mandatory real-time online seminars. The language of instruction is English. Recorded material will be made available on this learning platform, and Zoom will be used for digital meetings.

You find more detailed information in the module for Course Info and below.

A live course introduction is scheduled for Mon 20/1, 10.00-11.00.

Below you can find a preliminary schedule and the Course Guide for the course. All articles and most books and chapters will be available as files or links and a separate reading list will be published in the Course Info module.

	Course Syllabus			Contact information
	Course Guide with Reading List			Jenny Åberg Course Coordinator jae@du.se
				Kjetil Duvold Instructor dkj@du.se
				Ali Abdelzadeh Instructor aaz@du.se