Research Methods Notebook

One of the common frustrations in grad school: you have a research question but don't know which method fits. Statistics courses tend to either skim the surface or go deep on just one approach — rarely giving you a broad map. These AI-assisted notes aim to fill that gap, providing a brief overview of each method paired with a real paper walkthrough. Topics and methods draw partly on the ICPSR Summer Program and the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS).

Jialing Wu  ·  Ph.D. Student, The Ohio State University  ·  Feb 2026

The chart below is that map. A line means learn the method it comes from first; the order follows the way the ICPSR Summer Program sequences its curriculum. Filled stars are written up, open ones are being drafted.

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