POLS 3100 - Intermediate Quantitative Research Methods

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Southern Polytechnic State University

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Description:

This course builds upon the material learned in SIS 2100, such as the basics of data analysis in the social sciences, including measures of central tendencies and dispersion, graphical summaries of variables, probability distribution, confidence intervals, t-tests , and hypothesis testing. This course will expand upon many of these ideas and provide an in-depth understanding of the linear model - the workhorse of statistical inference in political science. Students will conduct analysis using datasets from the General Social Science Survey, National Elections Study, Correlates of War Project, and/or other datasets relevant to political science.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.spsu.edu/

Phone Number:

(678) 915-4188

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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