POLS 204: Performing Research in Political Science
Syllabus
Weekly Schedule
Assignments
Resources
Week
Week 11: Observational Studies
Overview
Schedule
Week
Week 1: Introduction and Philosophy of Science
Week 2: Social Scientific Inquiry
Week 3: R 101 and Data Structure
Week 4: How Experiments Work
Week 5: Working with Survey Data
Week 6: Working with Survey Data and Midterm Exam
Week 8: The Research Process and Qualitative Approaches
Week 9: Qualitative Approches
Week 10: Making Predictions with Linear Regression
Week 11: Observational Studies
Week 12: Assessing Internal and External Validity; Probability
Week 13: Probability
Week 14: Dealing with Uncertainty
Week 15: Research Presentations
Week 16: Review
Week 17: Final Exam
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Monday, March 30
Wednesday, April 1
Friday, April 3
Week
Week 11: Observational Studies
Week 11: Observational Studies
Monday, March 30
DASS.
Chapter 5, sections 5.1-5.4.
Wednesday, April 1
No assigned reading.
Friday, April 3
NO CLASS. Easter Break.