This course is a doctoral level seminar designed to develop the students' knowledge and skills of quantitative methods in social sciences, familiarize them with procedures of designing and implementing quantitative research projects, improve their critical thinking capability, and increase their competency in writing research papers for publication in refereed English jounals. It will provide the students with hand-on experiences in data analysis using state-of-the-art tools and methods.

CILO-1: Describe the research questions addressed by selected quantitative methods. CILO-2: Critically compare the pros and cons of the selected quantitative methods. CILO-3: Apply the selected quantitative methods to analyze data appropriately. CILO-4: Draw valid conclusions from the results of selected quantitative methods.