David J. Houston

Department of Political Science

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Political Science 513:

Advanced Quantitative Political Analysis:

This is the advanced graduate seminar on the application of statistical analysis for the Department of Political Science at UTK.

 

Course description:

Methods and techniques in quantitative political analysis: focusing on multivariate statistics.  Estimating statistical models with continuous and binary dependent variables.

 

 

The goals of this course are:

· To develop a familiarity with applying multivariate statistics to political and social phenomena

· To develop an understanding of the assumptions and limits of multivariate statistical tools

· To develop the ability to understand and critique empirical research projects

· To undertake original research utilizing multivariate statistical techniques.

Last updated: January 8, 2009