OAFP 9155 - Managing and Analysing Political Data: Tools and Techniques
This course offers students the methodological foundations to design and analyse information connected to studying political phenomena using empirical data. It allows students to start generating and understanding data for analysing complex political issues, such as electoral behaviour, political opinions, and public policy. All the sessions will include a lecture, but they can also include practical sessions using computers. The first six sessions are devoted to creating, managing, and transforming data, while the following six deal with analysing existing datasets.
Andrés SANTANA LEITNER,Carles PAMIES
Enseignement électif
English
Having an interest in the creation and analysis of political data. Previous knowledge of Excel, Stata, R, and similar packages will be helpful but is not necessary.
Spring 2024-2025
- A written assignment to be submitted before week 8 consisting of a blueprint or design plan of a project (up to 4,000 words) on a topic of their choice based on the lectures and readings of weeks 1-6 on how to create and manage data (50%)
- A written exam covering the analytical part of the course (50%)
Halperin, S & Heath, O. (2020). Political Research Methods and Practical Skills, 3rd edition (selected chapters) King, G., Keohane, R. & Verba, S. (1994). Designing Social Inquiry. Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research. Princeton, NJ: Princeton U
Baum, C. F.. (2016). An introduction to Stata Programming. Second edition. College Station (Texas): Stata Press.
Box-Steffensmeier, J.M., Brady, H.E, and Collier D. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Referred to in the detailed syllabus as BS,B&C) (selected chapters)