POLS 258 - Quantitative Data Analysis

Students acquire skills in this course that help them to conduct quantitative analysis. The course presents studies to students which utilize this type of analysis. The students are encouraged to conduct their own analysis.

This course presents students the basic skills in quantitative analysis. Students lears STATA program and apply it in their analysis.  At the end of the course students know STATA at intermediate level.

Chambliss, D. F. and Schutt, R. K. (2016). Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation (5th ed.). California: Sage Publications.Babbie, E. (2014). The Basics of Social Research( 6th edition). Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.Philip H. Pollock III (2012) The Essentials of Political Analysis, Sage Publications.Morris, Clare (2012). Quantitative approaches in business studies. Pearson.Neuman, Lawrence W. (2014) Social Research Methods: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches, Pearson.

Violations of scholastic honesty include, but are not limited to cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information or citations, facilitating acts of dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Any form of scholastic dishonesty is a serious academic violation and will result in a disciplinary action.