Summer 2018  |  POL 3085 Section 001: Quantitative Analysis in Political Science (83062)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
06/11/2018 - 08/03/2018
Tue, Thu 09:00AM - 12:00PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 440
Enrollment Status:
Open (15 of 25 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Empirical research techniques. Testing a political hypothesis using data. Topics such as setting up research question in political science, research design, and techniques of data analysis.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?theys003+POL3085+Summer2018
Class Description:
Political Science 3085 is an upper-level undergraduate course designed to introduce you to quantitative political analysis. Political scientists use statistics and data to explore a wide variety of questions and topics including voting behavior in the United States and other democracies, how democracy influences economic growth, and whether the American public is becoming more or less polarized. These are just a few of the many political questions that political scientists try to answer with quantitative analyses. This course will give you the tools to begin your own examination of these types of questions. This course focuses on issues of research design, hypothesis formation, causation, basic statistical techniques, and how to use computer software to manage data and perform these calculations. By the end of the semester, you will be able to develop testable research questions and hypotheses, design research to answer these questions and hypotheses, apply statistical techniques with quantitative data to answer these questions and hypotheses, present and explain your results using ordinary language, and consume and evaluate academic research and political news that use quantitative data
Grading:
15% Homework Assignments
20% Midterm Exam
25% Final Exam
30% Term Paper
10% Class Participation
Exam Format:
Short answer, some of which will involve calculations requiring a calculator.
Class Format:
40% Lecture
15% Discussion
30% Laboratory
15% Small Group Activities Lab time will be built into the assigned time for the course. While a certain amount of lecture is necessary for a class like this, I promise I won't lecture for 3 hours for any class!
Workload:
60-80 Pages Reading Per Week
10-12 Pages Writing Per Term
2 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
7 Homework Assignment(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/83062/1185
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
19 February 2018

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