POL593 Quantitative Approaches in Political Science

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Peter Spáč, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Voda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 8:00–11:15 PC25
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
POL593/A: No timetable has been entered into IS.
POL593/B: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course builds on the knowledge from the bachelor degree and improves the skills and abilities of students in quantitative insight to political science. Students will learn about tools and techniques which lead to more sophisticated outcomes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, basic features of quantitative methods, terminology. 2. Basic principles. 3. Background of quantitative insights - software and data. 4. Descriptive statistics. 5. Crosstabs. 6. Correlation. 7. ANOVA. 8. Factor analysis. 9. Cluster analysis. 10. Causality - regression. 11. Causality - logistic regression.
Literature
  • PALLANT, Julie. SPSS survival manual : a step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS. 4th ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2010, xiv, 345. ISBN 9780335242399. info
  • FIELD, Andy P. Discovering statistics using SPSS : (and sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll). 3rd ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2009, xxxiii, 82. ISBN 9781847879073. info
  • MAREŠ, Petr and Ladislav RABUŠIC. Materiál pro kurs Statistická analýza dat : (jak pracovat s daty a zadávat výpočty v SPSS). V Brně: Soukromý tisk Masarykovy univerzity, 2001, 93 s. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars.
Assessment methods
Regular preparations and tests (mid-term and final)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2016, recent)
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