Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 2 hours; written work, 1 hour
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Prerequisites: PBPL 001; restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior; or consent of instructor
Description: Examines methods for conducting social science research to inform public policy debates. Concentrates on measurement, sampling, research design, causality, natural quasi-experiments, surveys, and qualitative analyses. Studies and debates pressing public policy issues of the time including transportation, crime, immigration, healthcare, poverty, inequality, social policy, environment, and natural resources.