Master Thesis Seminar
Fall 2026 Master Tracks SQD & CSS
[DSI] King et al. Designing Social Inquiry. Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research
[GWEP] Garson.Guide to Writing Empirical Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
[HB] Hoffman et Bearman, 2015, SS, "Bringing Anomie Back In. Exceptional Events and Excess Suicide"
[SAFI] Safi, 2010, ESR, "Immigrants life satisfaction in Europe: between assimilation and discrimination"
[SRDSSR] Firebaugh. Ch1. Seven rules to doing social science research
Place: Room 2035 ENSAE.
Thesis or Internship: as the semester advances, fill in the information relative to your choice using this Google Sheet.
Related reading:
HB, feel free to look at the paper before class.
To read before class:
DSI: Ch. 1, The Science in Social Science, pp. 3-33;
HB, read the whole paper.
This session concerns only students who plan to do an internship in place of the Master Thesis. During this session every student will share his/her CV and Motivation Letter for a particular job add of his/her choosing. Look for a job add that reflects your ambitions and draft a CV and a ML adapted to the job add.
Submit by email before Monday October 19 your CV, your Motivation Letter and the job add description in PDF format.
Submit your research question, before midnight on November 9th. For the purpose, use this link.
Submit your research question, before midnight on November 16th. For the purpose, use this link.
Submit your research question AND working hypotheses, before midnight on November 23rd. For the purpose, use this link.
Related readings:
DSI: Ch. 3, 3.5 Rules for Constructing Causal Theories, pp. 99-114;
CR: Ch. 7, Making Good Arguments: An Overview, pp. 114-126;
CR: Ch. 8, Claims, pp. 127-137;
GWEP: Ch. 9, Thinking about Models, pp. 105-120.
FN, pp. 118-127.
Submit your research question AND working hypotheses, before midnight on November 30th. For the purpose, use this link.
Related reading:
DSI: Ch. 3, 3.5 Rules for Constructing Causal Theories, pp. 99-114;
CR: Ch. 7, Making Good Arguments: An Overview, pp. 114-126;
CR: Ch. 8, Claims, pp. 127-137;
GWEP: Ch. 9, Thinking about Models, pp. 105-120.
FN, pp. 118-127.
Submit your research question, working hypotheses AND empirical design, before midnight on December 7th. For the purpose, use this link.
Related reading:
DSI: Ch. 3, 3.5 Rules for Constructing Causal Theories, pp. 99-114;
GWEP: Ch. 9, Thinking about Models, pp. 105-120;
GWEP: Ch. 10, Operationalizing Variables, pp. 121-136;
GWEP: Ch. 9, Research Designs, pp. 137-162;
GWEP: Ch. 12, Selecting Statistical Procedures, 163-176.
Submit your research question, working hypotheses AND empirical design, before midnight on December 14th. For the purpose, use this link.
A lire sur le sujet:
DSI: Ch. 3, 3.5 Rules for Constructing Causal Theories, pp. 99-114;
GWEP: Ch. 9, Thinking about Models, pp. 105-120;
GWEP: Ch. 10, Operationalizing Variables, pp. 121-136;
GWEP: Ch. 9, Research Designs, pp. 137-162;
GWEP: Ch. 12, Selecting Statistical Procedures, 163-176.