PWM-ME-HS3: Politikwissenschaftliche Methoden III: "Introduction to Statistics for Social Science" (Mi 10-12)

Dozent/in:

Lukas Hohendorf

Angaben:

Hauptseminar, 2 SWS, ECTS: 8

Termine:

Mi, 10:00 - 12:00, RZ/00.05

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:

Prerequisites/Voraussetzungen: BA or equivalent qualification in Political Science, no prior statistical (or computing) knowledge is required.
The seminar will be taught in a synchronous online format with weekly Zoom meetings; details will be announced via the Virtual Campus (VC) Registered participants will be sent the Virtual Campus password via e-mail.Information concerning a possible tutorial with application exercises will be published in due time.

Start date/Beginn: Wednesday 19 Oct 2021
Registration/Anmeldung in FlexNow!: 04. October 2022 bis 30. October 2022
Deregistration/Abmeldung in FlexNow!: 04. October 2022 bis 30.October 2022

Assessment/Erwerb eines Leistungsnachweises: Three problem sets and one term paper. Regular and active participation in the seminar is expected.

ECTS: 8

Office hours during semester: Wednesday 14-16h (on demand), lukas.hohendorf(at)uni-bamberg.de

Inhalt:

This course is an introduction to statistics in empirical political research and introduces the basic methods of data analysis using the statistical package Stata. It is designed as a refresher course for master students with little statistical training during their Bachelor degree. The course mainly covers descriptive statistics, probability distributions, statistical inference, correlation, and bivariate and multiple regression. At the end of the seminar, more advanced regression techniques (logistic regression and panel regression) are briefly introduced. Besides, there are two sessions where we will learn how to perform basic statistical analysis with the software package Stata.

Empfohlene Literatur:

Agresti, Alan and Barbara Finlay (2008). Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. 4thEdition. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
Kellstedt, Paul & Guy Whitten (2013). The Fundamentals of Political Science Research, 2nded. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Kohler, Ulrich and Frauke Kreuter (2012). Data Analysis Using Stata. Third Edition. College Station, Texas: Stata Press.