Books to Purchase
Freedman, David, Robert Pisani, and Roger Purves. Statistics. 3rd ed. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, c1998. ISBN: 0393970833.
Hamilton, Lawrence C. Statistics with STATA® 7. South Melbourne, Australia; Belmont, CA: Duxbury/Thomson Learning, c2003. ISBN: 0534396542.
Tufte, Edward R. Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1974. ISBN: 0131975412.
Course readings.
| lec # |
topics |
readings |
| 1 |
Introduction: Approaches to Political Analysis |
None |
| 2 |
Designing Research and Measurements |
Tufe. Data analysis for Politics and Policy. Chapter 1.
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 1, 2, and 6.
Mostellar, Frederick. "Errors: Nonsampling Errors." In The International Encyclopedia of Statistics. (to be handed out in class) |
| 3 |
Introduction to STATA® |
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA® 7. Chapters 1, and 2.
Handouts: "How to Use the STATA® infile and infix Commands," and "How to Use STATA® "do" files." |
| 4 |
Descriptive Univariate Statistics |
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 3, and 4.
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA®. pp. 58-80, 88-92, and 97-107. |
| 5 |
Correlation and Bivariate Regression |
Tufte. Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. Chapters 3, and 4.
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 8-12.
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA® 7. pp. 124-146, and 177-185. |
| 6 |
Multiple Regression I |
Tufte. Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. Chapters 3, and 4.
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 8-12.
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA® 7. pp. 124-146, and 177-185. |
| 7 |
Multiple Regression II |
Tufte. Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. Chapters 3, and 4.
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 8-12.
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA® 7. pp. 124-146, 177-185. |
| 8 |
Presentation of Group Projects |
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| 9-10 |
Meet Individually to Talk about Individual Projects |
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| 11 |
Sampling and Inference I |
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 17, 18, 10, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, and 29.
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA® 7. pp. 108-114. |
| 12 |
Sampling and Inference II |
Freedman, et al. Statistics. Chapters 17, 18, 10, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, and 29.
Hamilton. Statistics with STATA® 7. pp. 108-114. |
| 13 |
Wrap-up |
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| 14-17 |
Preliminary Presentations |
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| 18-21 |
Informal Work Sessions |
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| 22-25 |
Final Presentations |
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