PS 401 Methods of Political Inquiry.pdf - Department of Political ...
PS 401 Methods of Political Inquiry.pdf - Department of Political ...
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POLI SCI <strong>401</strong> Spring 2013c. Observational studiesd. The structure <strong>of</strong> a research paper5. The dataa. Measurement (what? How?)b. Data sources & collection methodsc. Probability distributions basicsd. Summarizing quantitative data6. Learning from data (introduction to inference and statistical modeling)a. Populations and samplesb. Statistical inferencec. Difference in meansd. Correlatione. Regression basics5
POLI SCI <strong>401</strong> Spring 2013Week Day Class Readings (* denotes online) 1: Jan. 22 Tu Intro/Meet-‐&-‐greet Syllabus (online) Th What is “political science”? K&W 1.1-‐1.2; Clark Golder & Golder p. 1-‐6* 2: Jan. 29 Tu <strong>Political</strong> science as puzzle solving Golden (“why do trade unions…”)* Th Asking research questions [<strong>PS</strong>1 hand out] K&W 1.3-‐1.6; 2.1-‐2.2 3: Feb. 5 Tu Answering research questions (theory) [<strong>PS</strong>1 Due] K&W 2.3-‐2.4; Lave & March 2.1, 2.2,2.3.1* Th Model building (getting hypotheses) Lave & March 2.4, 2.9* [<strong>PS</strong> 2 hand out] 4: Feb. 12 Tu Thinking formally K&W 2.5-‐2.9 [<strong>PS</strong>2 due] Th Normative political theory in political science Pr<strong>of</strong>. Zumbrunnen guest lecture 5: Feb. 19 Tu Introducing game theory Clark Golder & Golder ch. 3* [<strong>PS</strong>3 hand out] Th Counterfactuals & causality [<strong>PS</strong>3 due] K&W ch.3, “Causes <strong>of</strong> crime”* 6: Feb 26 Tu Observational studies & experiments K&W ch.3, “Trials & errors”* Th Ethnography & interviews Walsh (“Putting Inequality in its place”)* 7: Mar. 5 Tu [Midterm] Th Measurement I K&W pgs. 86-‐91; Best intro & ch 1 8: Mar. 12 Tu Measurement II K&W pgs. 91-‐102; Best ch 2 Th Probability distributions Best Ch. 3; “Argentina gov’t statistics”* [<strong>PS</strong>4 hand out] 9: Mar. 19 Tu Descriptive statistics K&W pgs. 104-‐118; Best Ch. 4 Th Populations & samples K&W p.120-‐32; Best Ch. 5 [<strong>PS</strong>4 due] 10: Mar. 26 Tu ***Spring Break*** (finish Best) Th ***Spring Break*** 11: Apr. 2 Tu Intro to statistical inference K&W p.120-‐32; “The Body Counter”* Th Statistical inference; K&W Ch 7 pgs. 134-‐45 [<strong>PS</strong>5 hand out] 12: Apr. 9 Tu Correlation K&W Ch 8 pgs. 150-‐156 Th Difference <strong>of</strong> Means K&W Ch 8 pgs. 145-‐150 13: Apr. 16 Tu Bivariate regression I K&W Ch 9 pgs. 159-‐165 [<strong>PS</strong>5 due] Th Bivariate regression II K&W Ch 9 pgs. 165-‐177 14: Apr. 23 Tu Multiple regression I K&W Ch 9 pgs. 177-‐188 [<strong>PS</strong>6 hand out] Th Multiple regression II K&W Ch9 pgs. 188-‐200 15: Apr. 30 Tu Cases, history and processes TBD [<strong>PS</strong>6 Due] Th Multiple methods in political science TBD 16: May 7 Tu Review Th Review Final Exam May 17 6
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