Quantitative Methods of Political Research

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

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Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент политологии и международных отношений

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is designed for first-year MA students of the “Comparative Politics of Eurasia” program. The course introduces the main concepts and methods of quantitative political science and is a starting point for advanced courses in quantitative methods. It aims at teaching the students the foundations of statistical analysis and its application to various research problems in political science. It covers a variety of identification strategies (from descriptive statistics and pair correlations to time-series and panel data analysis). At the end of the course, the students will be able to use the methods of descriptive and inferential statistics in their research, as well as interpret the methods and research outputs from other quantitative works. It is expected that the students are proficient in arithmetic operations and are able to solve simple linear equations. The course relies on the use of RStudio, a software integrated with the R statistical environment, as a data analysis tool.