Political Science · Columbia University
I learned how to create accurate experiments, gather relevant research, conduct reliable surveys, and use R-studio, which gives me great in-depth knowledge and reasoning.
If you can get Peyton Cordero as your TA, absolutely do so. Best discussion section I have had at Columbia.
A great great deal. To be frank, the professor's course was alright, but almost everything I learned, I learned in discussion sections with my TA Peyton Cordero. She not only tailored the material to our individual needs and met us where we needed to be met, but she took us further than we otherwise would have been. I have learned how to effectively use R and perform various functions therein. I have also learned the fundamentals of conducting research studies and how to craft questions and studies that are effective and highly accurate. I must stress, this is truly due to the relatability, flexibility, and enthusiasm that Peyton brought to the discussion sections.
I learned more or less what was going on in class and how to apply it. Peyton is a great TA
This course taught us how to make substantive interpretations about data generated from R studio and how to apply cumbersome theories and concepts into our own research design.
how to use R; how to draw conclusions from data; how to interpret the numbers provided by programs or research reports
For students who are easily intimated by the course description, my advice is take this course you will thank yourself later because this course is designed to allow students to have a better understanding about type research designs that they will encounter at some point in their academic experience.
Peyton made the course easy to understand. Although the class was challenging I was able to understand to basics of R and how to effectively conduct a research.
Peyton is an amazing TA she was extremely engaged with us throughout the semester. Professor Corstange is to me not clear enough but Peyton allowed me to better understand R and the key terms studied in class.