Last Updates: 09:47, November 28, 2019
INFO FOR STUDENTS
Uploads & updates:
November 28 [New!] : Reminding of the final paper assignment: please submit as instructed on October 22 (linked here) by the due date.
November 25 [New!] : The presentation file by the Instructor is uploaded.
* The used questionnaire sheets for your reference as a sample.
* Reference papers: Download from here #1; #2; #3 (qualitative, in another field in Western Visayas)
November 25 [New!] : The presentation file by JAP is uploaded.
November 19: The presentation file by Ysabel is uploaded.
November 19: The presentation file by Michael is uploaded.
November 13: The presentation file by Camille is uploaded.
November 12: The presentation file by Liezl is uploaded.
November 4: Lecture note for Week 14 (November 6) is uploaded. The home assignment is not printed on the handout but will be shown only in the class meeting.
November 4: Class schedule is updated.
October 29: Lecture note for Week 13 (October 30) is uploaded. The home assignment is not printed on the handout; it will be announced in the class meeting only.
October 23: The presentation file by Rod and the one by LeeRoye are uploaded. Please refer to hardcopy of these two separate files altogether at the class meeting.
October 22: Final term paper is now announced well-beforehand so that students can take time enough (due: 5:00PM, local time, December 11, 2019). Don't miss it.
October 22: Based on the final term paper, those 4 students who have not yet given in-class presentations are assigned to give a shortened presentation of their own research topic (60 mins per student) in the mid November. Two students per a week, taking two weeks as total. (Don't worry. Because of the timing, I do not expect the presentations to be as perfect as the final term paper itself.)
October 9 : The guest speaker's material (Mr. Kawarazaki) for the Week 10 is now uploaded. Print out and bring to the class meeting on October 9.
October 8 : Week 12 (October 23) is planned to be allocated for "Household Survey". Hence, the team-presentation with 2 students will be assigned in the same manner to the Week 9 (60 min presentation with the 2 students team-working). The reading assignment is uploaded here. The two students will be chosen in the Week 10 (October 9) class, so please take a glance beforehand so that you can consider whether to bid.
October 2: The revised team-presentation material for Week 9 (#9) is uploaded. Please print and bring this version.
September 3: The team-presentation material for Week 9 (#9) is uploaded. Yet, the Week 9 class will begin with the remaining part of Quantitative Methods by Instructor (#7), from 29th slide. Please bring printed materials of both #7 and #9 to the class meeting on October 2.
September 19: September 25 is a reviewing week with no class meeting. Please take time to review the previous contents at home.
On October 2, we continue the Instructor's lecture on Chapter 4, from the 29th slide. Please bring again the lecture note of Quantitative Methods by Instructor (#7) to the class. Then, the team presentation on Experimental Methods within the same date.
September 17: Lecture-note material for Quantitative Methods by Instructor (#7) is uploaded.
September 10: The guest speakers' materials (Ms. Tagawa's and Mr. Nishio's) are now uploaded. Print out and bring to the class meeting on September 11.
September 3: The class material by Instructor (#5) and one presenter's material [P2] for September 4 are uploaded.
Print out and bring it to the class meeting.
September 3: Class schedule is updated.
August 28: One presenter's material for Week 4 [P1] and the other [P1] are uploaded. Print out and bring it to the class meeting.
August 14 : Class material #1 is uploaded.
August 13 : APA Style [R2] is uploaded.
August 6 : Syllabus is uploaded.
August 3: Reading Assignment #1 [R1 and A1] are uploaded and the class schedule is updated (see below).
Class announcements
August 30: The deadline for submissions for ILERA Conference is extended to September 15, 2019. See their website to confirm the details.
August 8 : ILERA conference, as Dr. Amante mentioned, is calling for papers. The ILERA conference is hosted by UP-SOLAIR, so we are encouraging the submissions by UP students. If ever there are students who submitted any research to ILERA and the proposal is accepted, I will give special extra points to your original performance (x/100) of my IR 299. These are just extra treatments, so it's up to each student whether trying or not. Even if you don't try, there is nothing penalizing you. Please also visit the ILERA conference website: https://asiailera2020.org/registration/ (Due date of submission: August 31). If accepted, each presenter is charged the registration&participation fee: Please also see https://asiailera2020.org/congress/registration-fees/ ; This fee is shouldered by each presenter; the UP cannot expense on your behalf.
Case 1: If you submit your research abstract and it's accepted: 20 Points
* Please send me the abstract and the copy of accepted letter/email by the organizer as proofs.
Case 2 : If you submit your research abstract but it's not accepted: 15 Points
* Please send me the abstract and the letter/email copy of receipt acknowledgement by the organizer as proofs.
Basic information
Outline: This course is offered as a core course of UP-SOLAIR. It covers basic research concepts, epistemology, and statistical methods in social sciences, applicable to IR and labor-related studies. For details see the syllabus. For the Master's thesis track, this course is requisite.
Semester: 1st Semester, AY2019
Venue: Rm #202, SOLAIR
Day and Time: Wednesdays, 6–9 pm
Units: 3.0 units
Textbook:
No single and unitary textbook is set, but students are required to be able to access, at least, the following two books anytime when necessary (e.g., assignments) as our comprehensive references by the starting of class.
The class will proceed by assuming that students can access to the two books.
Both books are available at the UP-SOLAIR Library.
Other references are given in the syllabus and shall also be introduced when necessary.
Cozby, Paul C., and Scott C. Bates. 2015. Methods in Behavioral Research. 12th ed. NY: McGraw-Hill.
Whitfield, Keith, and George Strauss, eds. 1998. Researching the World of Work: Strategies and Methods in Studying Industrial Relations. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press.
Class Schedule
August
Week 1 - August 7: Orientation and Familiarization of Classmates
Week 2 - August 14: "Before ABC of Research Methods"
Meaning of Publication: Research output in a refereed journal
Formalizing a research – Research question, hypothesis, and its substantiation
Mode: Instructor's Lecture.
* In the class meeting, two students will be chosen for the student presentations for Week 4.
Week 3 - August 21: No class (Holiday)
With the 2 weeks, students (both presenters and non-presenters) are expected to read the chapters and prepare for the subsequent week.
Week 4 - August 28: Introduction to IR Research Methods
Reading reference: Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Chapters 1 and 2
Mode: Two assigned students' presentations based on the reference + Discussion + Instructor's tips.
Student A handles Chapter 1 (pp. 5-29) for 60 mins (PowerPoint-based)
Student B handles Chapter 2 (pp. 31-45) for 60 mins (PowerPoint-based)
The assigned students have to submit the presentation material (PowerPoint) by 9:00 pm, local time, Tuesday, August 27 to the Instructor by e-mail.
September
Week 5 - September 4: Empirical Nature of Research and Social Epistemology;
Qualitative Methods: Technique or Size?
Reading reference: Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Chapter 3
Mode:
First half: Instructor's lecture for "Empirical Nature of Research and Social Epistemology"
Latter half: Chapter 3's presentation by the assigned student
Assigned 1 student's presentations based on the reference + Discussion + Instructor's tips.
Student C handles Chapter 3 (pp. 51-63) for 60 mins (PowerPoint-based)
The assigned student has to submit the presentation material (PowerPoint) by 9:00 pm, local time, Tuesday September 3 to the Instructor by e-mail.
Week 6 - September 11: "Beauty of Qualitative Approach": Guest presenter(s)' talks
Reading reference: Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Chapters 3, 6, and 7 --- To better understand the guest speakers' special presentations from a methodological perspective, all the students are requested to finish reading the three chapters before the class meeting (no student presentations, though).
Mode: Two Japanese guest speakers will give special talks regarding their own researches following qualitative research methods.
Students (audience) are highly expected to participate in the session by discussing.
By the end of class meeting, students need to fill up and submit the "Feedback (reaction) sheet".
One speaker (sociology/area study) studies about "jeep" drivers in Metro Manila and the other speaker (anthropology) studies about the "intimacy" of night-worker women in Makati City.
Materials and concrete topics will be uploaded by the morning of September 11.
If ever class cancellation is announced due to bad weather etc, this class will be postponed to September 18.
Week 7 - September 18: Quantitative Methods
Reading assignments: Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Ch. 4 "Quantitative methods"
Mode: Instructor's lecture.
Week 8 - September 25: Reviewing week (no class meeting)
October
Week 9 - October 2: Quantitative Methods (Continued) and Experimental Methods (newly)
Reading assignments:
Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Ch. 5 "Experimental methods"
Shadish, Cook, and Campbell (2002). Ch. 1. “Experiments and Generalized Causal Inference,” in their Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference. (possessed by UP-SOLAIR Library as a reserved book)
Mode:
The remaining part of Chapter 4 "Quantitative Methods" by Instructor, from the slide 29th in Quantitative Methods by Instructor (#7). (Please bring this again)
Two-student team presentation for Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Ch. 5 and Shadish, Cook, and Campbell (2002). Ch. 1.
In the two-student team presentation, handle mainly the content of Shadish, Cook, and Campbell (2002). Ch. 1, and additionally discuss the relevance of experimental methods to IR studies by referring to Whitfield and Strauss eds. (1998) Ch. 5 "Experimental methods."
60 mins for presentation + 15 mins for discussions.
The assigned two students have to submit their single presentation material (PowerPoint) with their joint names by 9:00 pm, local time, Tuesday October 1 to the Instructor by e-mail.
Week 10 - October 9: "Beauty of Experimental Approach": Guest speaker's session
What students need to do in advance: To review both the Week 7 & 9 classes enough.
Mode: One Japanese guest speaker, Mr. Hikaru Kawarazaki, will give a special talk regarding his team's own research following experimental methods.
Students (audience) are highly expected to participate in the session by discussing.
Materials and concrete topics will be uploaded by the morning of October 9.
If ever a class cancellation is announced due to bad weather etc, this class will be postponed to either October 24 (Thu) or October 30 (Wed).
Week 11 - October 16: Reviewing week (no class meeting)
Week 12 - October 23: Questionnaire Survey Methods
Based on Deaton (1997), Rod and Leeroye are giving a team presentation about "questionnaire survey design."
Week 13 - October 30: Observational data collection
The Instructor will give a lecture about "observational data collection."
November
Week 14 - November 6: Regression Analysis
The Instructor will give a lecture about "regression analysis" (not advanced content only).
Week 15 - November 13: Two Students' Presentations for Their Own Research Proposal (1)
Camille and Liezl are assigned to give their individual presentations, using PowerPoint.
Week 16 - November 20: Two Students' Presentations for Their Own Research Proposal (2)
Ysabel and Micheal are assigned to give their individual presentations, using PowerPoint.
Week 17 - November 27: TBA
December
December 11: Due date (5 pm) of the final term paper