How to do a research design.pptx

How to do a research design? Step One: Choosing a topic ? A puzzle that interests you ?要跟政治或公共管理有些关系? Explain variance or similar patterns of variations ? Neither too narrow nor too broad ( 上升概念层次,不能就是论事,要有理论考虑。要和记者的调查报告有区别) ? No need to answer an obvious question ?不能是道德或哲学的问题? No reinventing wheels Step Two: Literature Review ? Read relevant literature: don ’ t be afraid of climbing the conceptual ladder ( 户籍制度属于人口管理或社会控制的范畴)? Organize your literature review by themes, not by authors Step Three: Proposing Your Own Hypothesis/Hypotheses ? Define the dependent variable(s) and independent variables (自变量最好不是一个)? Establishing causal relationships between the dependent variable(s) and independent variables: Y=X1+X2+X3+ …… Xn Step Four: Measurement and Operationalization of your Variables ? Changi