POL 39500Quantitative Polit Analysis

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P: MA 14000 or 15300 with grade of C- or better, or consent of instructor. Introduction to political science and social scientific qualitative and quantitative research methods used in political inquiry. Students learn how operationalization, validity, reliability, internal and external validity drive research methods. Initial analysis of summary statistics, statistical inference, and hypothesis testing will be explored conceptually and with statistical programs, including statistical association, analysis of variance and regression.