Cornell offers dozens of graduate courses on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
Qualitative and Mixed Methods
| Course # | Title | Faculty |
| Ethnography Field Methods |
Santiago-Irizarry, Vilma |
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| Proposal Development | Ahmann, Chloe; Langwick, Stacey; & Welker, Marina | |
| Ethnography as Theory, Genre, Practice | Ramberg, Lucinda | |
| Qualitative Methods in the Social Sciences | Villenas, Sofia | |
| Qualitative Research Methods | Humphreys, Lee & Sender, Katherine | |
| Applied Methods for International Development and Planning Practice | Beard, Victoria | |
| Research Design and Qualitative Methods | Shi, Linda | |
| Qualitative Research Methods | Azzellini, Dario | |
| Social Science and Law | Hans, Valerie | |
| Qualitative, Survey, and Mixed Methods Approaches to Policy Research | Waller, Maureen |
Quantitative—Not Statistics
| Course # | Title | Faculty |
| Introductory Methods for Planning Analysis | Carruthers, John | |
| Introduction to GIS | Schmidt, Stephan | |
| Advanced GIS | Schmidt, Stephan | |
| Regional Economic Impact Analysis | Carruthers, John | |
| Methods of Regional Science and Planning II | Donaghy, Kieran | |
| Quantitative Research Methods | Stevenson Won, Andrea & Lewis Jr., Neil | |
| Public Systems Modeling | Loucks, Pete | |
| Research Methods in Psychology | Zayas, Vivian |
Quantitative—Statistics
| Course # | Title | Faculty |
| Applied Econometrics | Dillon, Brian | |
| Research Methods in International Development | Basu, Arnab | |
| Applied Econometrics | Li, Shanjun |
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| Social Network Analysis | Yuan, Connie | |
| Structural Equation Modeling | Yuan, Connie | |
| Inferential Statistics for Planning and Public Policy | Brooks, Nancy | |
| Quantitative Research Methods | Sipple, John | |
| Econometrics I: Probability Theory and Statistics for Economists | Hong, Yongmiao | |
| Econometrics II |
Stoye, Jorg |
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| Topics in Econometrics | Kiefer, Nicholas M. | |
| Econometrics of Network Analysis | Patacchini, Eleonora | |
| Introduction to Probability and Applied Statistics | Corrigan, Bryce | |
| Advanced Regression Analysis | Garcia-Rios, Sergio | |
| Advanced Topics in Quantitative Empirical Methodology | Corrigan, Bryce | |
| Categorical and Count Data | Corrigan, Bryce | |
| Panel and Multilevel Data | Corrigan, Bryce | |
| Causal Inference | Corrigan, Bryce | |
| Advanced Topics Mini-Course | Corrigan, Bryce | |
| Time Series Analysis | Enns, Peter | |
| Experiment and Survey Design | Levine, Adam | |
| Reading History Forward: Natural Experiments in Historical Political Economy | Cirone, Alexandra | |
| Text and Networks in Social Science Research | Hobbs, William | |
| Introduction to Coding for Functional MRI Analysis in Human Neuroimaging | Gonzalez, Marlen | |
| Quantitative Methods 1 | Thoemmes, Felix | |
| Quantitative Methods 2 | Thoemmes, Felix | |
| Quantitative Methods 3 | Thoemmes, Felix | |
| Strategic Human Resource Metrics and Analysis | Collins, Christopher | |
| Data Analysis in Practice | Zitek, Emily | |
| Statistics at Work | Karns, Elizabeth | |
| Statistical Research Methods | Karns, Elizabeth | |
| Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences I | Matteson, David | |
| Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences II |
DiCiccio, Tom |
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| Social Science and Law | Hans, Valerie | |
| Law TBD | Directed Reading: Empirical Legal Studies | Chutkow, Dawn |
| Quant. Models 1: Doctoral Seminar in Quantitative Marketing | Gupta, Sachin | |
| Quant. Models 2: Empirical Methods in Marketing | Park, Young-Hoon | |
| Quant. Models 3: Special Topics | TBD | |
| Quant. Models 4: Special Topics | TBD | |
| Behavioral Marketing 1: Cognitive Perspectives | LaTour, Kathryn | |
| Behavioral Marketing 3: Special Topics | TBD | |
| Behavioral Marketing 4: Special Topics | TBD | |
| Applied Multivariate Statistics in Public Affairs | Miller, Doug | |
| Applied Demography in Business in Government | Brown, Warren | |
| Principles of Demography |
Lichter, Dan |
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| Demography Techniques | Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait | |
| Empirical Strategies for Policy Research | Miller, Doug | |
| Empirical Strategies for Policy Research II | Pei, Zhuan | |
| Spatial Demography | Rich, Peter | |
| Statistics for Soc. Research | Maralani, Vida | |
| Intermediate Statistics for Sociological Research | Maralani, Vida | |
| Advanced Statistics for Sociological Research | Young, Cristoba | |
| Social Sequence Analysis | Cornwell, Benjamin | |
| Survey Methods | York Cornwell, Erin | |
| Event History Analysis | Strang, David |
Theory
| Course # | Title | Faculty |
| Applied Microeconomics II (Game Theory) | Waldman, Michael | |
| Applied Microeconomics III (General Equilibrium) | Chau, Nancy | |
| Social Network Analysis | Yuan, Connie | |
| Economics and Politics | Battaglini, Marco | |
| Intermediate Microeconomics for Public Affairs | Mathios, Alan | |
| Game Theory 1 |
Cirone, Alexandra |
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| Game Theory 2 | Cirone, Alexandra |
Other Methods
| Course # | Title | Faculty |
| Communication Networks and Social Capital | Margolin, Drew | |
| The Foundations of Epidemiology | Cassano, Patricia | |
| Advanced Epidemiology | Mehta, Saurabh | |
| Behavioral Marketing 2: Special Topics | van Osselaer, Stijn | |
| Introduction to Network Theory and Methods | Cornwell, Benjamin |
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