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This course is a critical review of quantitative research applications in international affairs, with a particular focus on learning the tools used by social scientists to evaluate the quality and feasibility of different research designs in developing country contexts. Starting with a preliminary introduction to ethics and politics of social science, the course delves into the practical uses of validity theory as a gold standard to assess the victories and pitfalls of experiments, quasi-experiments and non-experiments in real-world cases around the world.