| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: Approaches to Political Analysis | |
| 2 | Measurement | Gujarati. "Introduction." Freedman, et al. Statistics. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997, chapters 1, 2, and 6. ISBN: 9780393970838. Utts, J., and R. Heckard. Mind on Statistics. Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press, 2003, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780534393052.Mosteller, Frederick. "Errors: Nonsampling Errors." In International Encyclopedia of Statistics. Edited by William H. Kruskal and Judith M. Tanur. New York, NY: Free Press, 1978. ISBN: 0029179602. (To be handed out in class.) |
| 3 | Data Resources and Library Research | |
| 4 | Introduction to STATA® | Hamilton. Chapter 1 and 2. Handouts: "How to use the STATA infile and infix commands" and "How to use the STATA 'merge' command." Juul, Svend. "Introduction to STATA." (PDF) |
| 5 | Measurement (cont.) | |
| 6 | Descriptive Univariate Statistics | Freedman, et al. Statistics. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1997, chapters 3 and 4. ISBN: 9780393970838. Hamilton. pp. 65-73, 90-100. |
| 7 | Correlation and Bivariate Regression | Gujarati. Chapters 1-3, and 6. Hamilton. pp. 159–185, 215-229. |
| 8 | Multiple Regression I | Gujarati. Chapter 7. Achen, C. Interpreting and Using Regression. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1982. ISBN: 9780803919150. |
| 9 | Multiple Regression II | |
| 10 | Presentation of Group Projects | |
| 11 | Meet Individually to Talk about Individual Projects | |
| 12 | Sampling and Inference I | Gujarati. pp. 107-112, and Chapter 5, pp. 248-260. Hamilton. pp. 175-176. |
| 13 | Sampling and Inference II | |
| 14 | Class Topic to be Announced | |
| 15-18 | Preliminary Presentations | |
| 19-21 | Informal Work Sessions | |
| 22-25 | Final Presentations |
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Books to Purchase
Gujarati, Damodar N. Basic Econometrics. 4th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002. ISBN: 9780072478525.
Hamilton, Lawrence C. Statistics with STATA 8. 5th ed. Southbank, Victoria; Belmont, CA: Duxbury Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780534997564.
Achen, Christopher H. Interpreting and Using Regression. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1982. ISBN: 9780803919150.