shylanott / journ_8006_quant

📙 Course repository for JOURN 8006: Quantitative Research Methods in Journalism

Course repository for JOURN 8006: Quantitative Research Methods in Journalism, a graduate course in the Missouri School of Journalism.

Syllabus

View the course syllabus.

Slides (rmarkdown files)

1. Intro to quantitative research
   1. Quant Research
2. Variables and examples
   1. Variables
   2. Examples (abstracts)
3. Surveys (no slides)
4. Experiments
   1. Experiments
5. Content and text analysis
   1. Content/Text Analysis
6. Intro to R
   1. #rstats
7. Descriptive statistics and rmarkdown
   1. Descriptives
   2. Rmarkdown
8. Chi-Squared, t-test, and exam review
   1. Chi-Squared test
   2. t-tests
   3. Exam review
      1. Exam I Review
      2. Exam I Review (supplemental)
9. Exam I
10. Correlations and intro to factors
    1. Correlations
    2. Factors
11. Spring Break
12. Intro to the general linear model
    1. General linear model
13. Linear models and research projects
    1. Model interpretation and diagnostics
    2. Project Hypotheses

Texts

• Mass Media Research: An Introduction by Roger D. Wimmer and Joseph R. Dominick. See chapter outline
• R for Data Science by Garrett Grolemund and Hadley Wickham

Additional resources

IRB training

Students must receive IRB certification for Social Behavioral Research. To complete this within the University of Missouri system, follow these instructions for completing IRB training.

Installing R/Rstudio

Guide to downloading R and Rsstudio

Learning R

A collection of instructional videos for learning R

FAQ

Answers to frequently asked questions