David Doherty
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Introduction to Statistics


Announcements

Syllabus
No class meeting on Tuesday, November 2nd.
Work on Homework assignment 1.
Extra TA Office Hours to help with Homework 1:
  • Erica De Bruin: Monday (11/1) 10:00-11:00am at Bass Library Cafe
  • Luis Schiumerini: Monday (11/1) 1:00-3:00pm at Bass Library Cafe;
  • Sanghee Cho: Monday (11/1) 10:30-11:30am at 24 Hillhouse Ave. Library 104a





Homework Materials and Data

Homework Assignment Data
Homework 1: Multivariate Regression and Causality
Model Answers
mortality.mtw (Minitab)
mortality.por (SPSS)
Homework 2: Dichotomous/Nominal
Variables and Functional Form

Model Answers
literacy.mtw; turnout2008.mtw (Minitab)
literacy.por; turnout2008.por (SPSS)
Homework 3: Interaction Terms
Model Answers
iraq2008.mtw; pocketbook.mtw (Minitab)
iraq2008.por; pocketbook.por (SPSS)
Homework 4: Review
Model Answers



Course Outline

Lecture Date
Answering Political Questions with Quantitative Data 10/26/10
Controlling for Confounds with Multivariate Regression 10/28/10
NO CLASS, 11/2/10
Multivariate Regression - Nominal and Dichotomous IVs 11/4/10
Revisiting the Idea of Confounds 11/9/10
(Re)Considering Functional Forms 11/11/10
Interactions 11/16/10
Experiments in Political Science 11/18/10
FALL BREAK
Analyzing Experimental Data 11/30/10
Review 12/2/10
FINAL EXAM, 2pm on 12/14/10


Email: ddoherty@luc.edu