METHODS WORKSHOP | Basic Introduction to Quantitative Methods
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Jul 01, 2010 01:00 PM
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Jul 03, 2010 04:00 PM |
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| Where | Department of Comparative Politics (Werthmannstraße 12) |
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WHAT?
Methods Workshop: Basic Introduction to Quantitative Methods
WHO?
The instructor is Sebastian Jäckle (Dpt. of Comparative Politics)
WHEN? (s.t.):
* Thursday 13:00-15:30, 16:00-18:30
* Friday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-15:30, 16:00-18:30
* Saturday: 9:00-12:00, 13:00-16:00
WHERE?
The Workshop will take place at the Department of Comparative Politics (Werthmannstraße 12).
For some of the exercises we will use the PC-Lab there.
PLEASE BRING:
* Ruler
* Calculator
BONUS:
We would like to invite you to join us watching the World Cup Quarter Final (Germany-Argentina) on Saturday at 4pm in the "Wintergarten" at the Dpt. of Comparative Politics.
A rough outline of the workshop follows below.
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** OUTLINE **
THURSDAY July 01
* Introduction – overview of the tool box
* Popper and the problem of induction, Weber and the problem of adequation
* Measurement and the construction of indices
* Descriptive statistics I
> Exercise 1 (Human Development Index: calculation, descriptive statistics and critique)
FRIDAY July 02
* Descriptive Statistics II
* Inferential statistics I
> Exercise 2 – simple measures of association with Excel Exercise 3 –
> data management, descriptive statistics and simple measures of
> association in SPSS
SATURDAY July 03
* Inferential Statistics II
* First insights into more advanced statistics
> Exercise 4 – Regression by hand
> Regression Analysis in SPSS/STATA
> Exercise 5 – data management & regression in SPSS/STATA
