This course teaches the basics of research in political science, including questions of design and measurement. Students will also learn different qualitative research designs such a focus groups, interviews, case studies, and field work.
Corequisite(s): POLSC 2000 Introduction to Statistics and SPSS and POLSC 3020 Research Methods: Quantitative Research.
Prerequisite(s): Political Science major or department chair approval.
POLSC 2000 Introduction to Statistics and SPSS (2 hours)
This course introduces students to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and its statistical procedures. The course will teach students how to run programs with the software and to interpret the output from those programs. Students will enter, edit, and learn how to analyze data using SPSS.
Prerequisite(s): Political Science major or department chair approval.
Corequisite(s): POLSC 3010 Research Methods: Qualitative Research and POLSC 3020 Research Methods: Quantitative Research.
(Normally offered each fall semester.)
POLSC 3020 Research Methods: Quantitative Research (2 hours)
This course introduces quantitative research methodology and ways in which to design and implement quantitative and mixed methods research projects.
Corequisite(s): POLSC 2000 Introduction to Statistics and SPSS and POLSC 3010 Research Methods: Qualitative Research.
Prerequisite(s): POLSC 2300 Introduction To Political Science and declared Political Science major or department chair approval.
