POLS 3650 Lecture 1: Pols 3650 l-1

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Pols 3650 (L-1)
INTRODUCTION
What will we talk about?
This class continues of POLS 3180
o Particularly important: theory causation, measurement, sampling, survey research
o Main focus is on quantitative methods of data analysis
o What do the data you collected tell you about your research question?
o Reason to focus on quantitative methods:
Advantages: replicable (same findings), reliable, and systematic (represent a larger
population)
Misunderstood: people often cheat with numbers!
Is it going to be difficult?
Not a math class: no calculations for the sake of doing calculations
Little assumed background knowledge
But:
o Keep up
o Beware of jargon
Requirements
Tutorial attendance and participation (15%)
Paper 1 (15%)
Paper 2 (20%)
Online quizzes (15%)
Final exam (35%)
Contact information
Office hours Monday 2:30-4:30
Mackinnon 509
For tutorial
Bring a storage device
Course is divided into sections not weeks
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