Music 829C is a graduate level 5-credit hour course pertaining to research approaches and methods in music with special attention to approaches in systematic musicology.

• Course Description
  • Pre-requisites
  • Registration Call Number
  • Workload
  • Method of Evaluation
  • Instructor
• Course Curriculum
• Course Bibliography
  • General Issues
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Scientific Method
  • Research Techniques
  • Modeling
  • Auxilliary Materials
• Schedule of Readings
• Assignments
  • Subject Participation
  • Running Subjects
  • Experimental Protocol Application
  • Field Observation
  • Research Design
• Philosophy of Knowledge
  • Duhem
  • Popper, Critique
  • Kuhn
  • Feyerabend
  • Plotkin, Commentary
  • Natoli, Supplement, Critique, Postmodern Links
  • The metaphor of "high" and "low" in pitch
  • Huron, Supplement, full text
• Glossary of Terms
• Experimenter Resources
  • Methodological Potholes, Study Guide
  • Methodology Practice Quiz
  • Experimental Design
  • Human Subject Protocols
  • Music School Subject Pool
  • Interacting With Subjects
  • Why Experiment?
  • Writing an Empirical Research Paper
  • Research Funding
• Statistical Resources
  • Statistical Analysis in Musicology
  • Glossary of Statistical Terms
  • Chi-Square Test
  • Regression Toward the Mean
• Sample Studies, Articles & Reviews
  • Melodic Arches, Commentary
  • Inner-Voice Entries, Commentary
  • Eitan's High Points
• Converging Evidence
• Course Summary-Conclusion

• Shifflett's Research Overview
• Constructivism in Science
• Psychology Research Terms
• Glossary of Evolutionary Psychology
• OSU School of Music Home Page
• OSU Music Cognition Home Page