POLITICAL ANALYSIS COURSE

For my syllabus, click here.
Weeks 1-2, Actual Class Lectures, History of Discipline, Ethics, Good Theory
Week 3, Actual Class Lectures, Research Design and Levels of Measurement
Week 4, Reliability and Validity lecture notes
Week 5, Survey Research- Sampling and Survey Types
Week 6, Survey Questionnaires, Test Review
Another Sample of the First Test
Week 7, Descriptive Statistics
Week 8, Bivariate and Multivariate Contingency Tables
Week 9, Review for the Test
Another Sample of the Second Test
Latest Sample of Second Test
Week 10, Statistical Inference
Week 11, Bivariate and Multivariate Regression
Week 12, Experimental, Quasi-Experimental Design
Week 13, Panel Designs, Ecological Fallacy
Week 14, Unobtrusive Measures
Week 15, Review for the Final Exam
The Optional Final Exam is here
For Updated Info for those missing class, click here.
For a summary of the questions asked in the Mississippi Poll, and when they were asked, click here.
For the wording of questions asked in the Mississippi Poll, click here.
For information on the methods used in the Mississippi Poll, click here.
A table for calculating sample error for your pooled dataset is provided here.
A great tool for your literature review where you can search for studies on your hypotheses is at jstor.
The latest and most refined sample of the research paper is provided (in pdf form) by Kennedy Moehrs from the Spring 2018 Analysis class.
A second sample of the research paper is provided by Megan McKeown from the Spring 2012 Analysis class.
A third sample of the entire research paper, provided by a former student, is provided here.
A 4th sample of the entire research paper, provided by a former student, is provided here.
My resume with publications is available.
The ability to analyze national polls such as the General Social Survey and the National Election Studies on the internet is available from The University of California, Berkeley.

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