Weekly schedule
Here you can find the weekly schedule of the module, which will give you an overview of the topics covered, and a link to the respective readings. This page will be updated regularly, so check often! You can find the slides for the seminars by clicking on the lecture or the seminar topic.
TERM 1
Reading |
Lecture Topic
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Seminar Topic
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Term 1 Week 1 |
(It is very important to attend this meeting in the first week of term) |
(no seminar) |
Term 1 Week 2 | Introduction to Stata and Preparation of Field Work |
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Term 1 Week 3 | Field Work on Campus |
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Term 1 Week 4 |
Validity, reliability, and exploration of single variables (mean, spread, standard deviation, etc.) |
Building our data set |
Term 1 Week 5 | ||
Term 1 Week 6 | Reading Week | Reading Week |
Term 1 Week 7 | Basics of probability |
Part 1: Presentations: "The Intro Week Experience" Part 2: Conceptualisation, Operationalisation and Measurement: Democracy |
Term 1 Week 8 | Conceptualisation, Operationalisation and Measurement: Economic Development |
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Term 1 Week 9 | Conceptualisation, Operationalisation and Measurement: Inequality | |
Term 1 Week 10 |
cancelled |
cancelled |
TERM 2
Reading |
Lecture Topic
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Seminar Topic
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Term 2 Week 1 | Basics of statistical inference | Recap / Use and abuse of numbers in the media |
Term 2 Week 2 | z-tests, t-tests, and confidence intervals | n/a |
Term 2 Week 3 | Two sample t-tests, and non-parametric equivalents | n/a |
Term 2 Week 4 | Cross-tabulation and chi-square | Introduction to Assessment 2 / Working with data 1 |
Term 2 Week 5 | Measures of association: correlation |
Working with data 2 |
Term 2 Week 6 | Reading Week | Reading Week |
Term 2 Week 7 | Regression preliminaries: ANOVA |
Working with data 3 |
Term 2 Week 8 | Linear regression: the intuition |
Working with data 4 |
Term 2 Week 9 | The basics of multiple regresssion |
Working with data 5 |
Term 2 Week 10 | The Classical Model |
Individual meetings, please book here. |
TERM 3
Reading |
Lecture Topic |
Seminar Topic |
Term 3 Week 1 | Recap and Model Specification |
Working with data 6 |
Term 3 Week 2 | The critique of quantitative research | Workshop - Preparation of Assessment |