Overview
Description
Techniques and methodologies currently employed in political science, including statistical measures, survey research and the relating of research to theory.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- analyze data using ordinary least squares regression.
- communicate statistical findings graphically.
- assess relationships between two variables while controlling for a host of rival hypotheses.
- relate statistical findings to readers accurately.
- apply the theoretical skills learned in class to real world data.
- evaluate an original theoretical argument about some political phenomena using quantitative methods in the form of a research paper.