PADM 6640 - Advanced Research Design for Public Administration

This course provides the opportunity for doctoral students to begin thinking through multiple methodological approaches for their dissertation research by being exposed to design techniques for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research in public administration. This will also include action research and critical/feminist theory as approaches for research design. The focus will be on developing a comprehensive research design for their research, clearly connecting research designs to relevant bodies of theory, and considering multiple methodological approaches for learning more about specific research questions. (This is not intended to lead to a completed dissertation proposal as that is the primary goal of the required Dissertation Seminar.)

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: PADM 6070 with a grade of “B” or better.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Open to graduate students only.