Research Design: Scope and Methods · Political Science
I am a lot more comfortable with statistics.
I learned to code in R, which was vastly different than the course description explains. Do not be confused, this is an R class with a political science flavor. Had this been properly advertised I may have taken a different course to satisfy my quantitative requirement.
I learnt how to use R and Qualtrics, as well as many statistical and mathematicals skills
Five time consuming problem sets and “participation on poll everywhere”
Basic statistics, research methods, and some R work
This class is a good intro to R studio and to quantitative methods in general, but doesn't necessarily go over the basics. Be prepared to have to lean on outside resources if you are totally new to coding. That said, the professor and TAs were helpful ultimately.
This course gives a grounding overview of statistical reasoning and intuition, as well as concurrent discussion sections which show how to use the data analysis language platform R. Towards the end of the semester, we also learn more ways to analyse data; qualitrics surveys; how to read polisci papers more generally. A really good overview of how to understand, but also conduct, social science research.
Class seems easy at first glance but was lowkey HARD AF. Never had a clue what was going on and the problem sets are graded harshly. Chiara is very sweet though.
I learned about different research methods for political science, some coding in R, and basic tools for statistical analysis.
I learned a lot in this class. The course starts with statistics, and is more math-focused for the first few weeks. Then, we move on to the different methods used by political scientists when conducting research. We also learned how to code using R in the discussion sections. I thought the content of this course was really interesting, and feel I learned a lot!