# Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning

This course includes sessions that focus on eliciting information through surveys and interviews. (Image courtesy of munir on Flickr.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. JoAnn Carmin

### MIT Course Number

11.233

### As Taught In

Fall 2007

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Assignments: written (no examples)

## Course Description

This course develops skills in research design for policy analysis and planning. The emphasis is on the logic of the research process and its constituent elements. The course relies on a seminar format so students are expected to read all of the assigned materials and come to class prepared to discuss key themes, ideas, and controversies. Since the materials draw broadly on the social sciences, and since students have diverse interests and methodological preferences, ongoing themes in our discussions will be linking concepts to planning scholarship in general and considering how different epistemological orientations and methodological techniques map on to planning specializations.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

OCW has published multiple versions of this subject.

- 11.233 Crafting Research Questions and Qualitative Methodology (Fall 2005)

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- Urban Studies > Urban Planning
- Public Administration > Public Policy
- Social Science

JoAnn Carmin. 11.233 Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning. Fall 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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