Fall 2021 - 61238 - PA 397G - Analytical Methods for Global Policy Studies

For more course information, please use the course website: https://amgps.jima.me/   Overview Data crunching is hard, applying data crunching methods to empirical social science studies is harder. This course has three purposes: Understand basic quantitative and qualitative empirical analysis methods; Able to conduct the analysis manually and with software packages; Know how to apply these analysis methods to answering research questions from a research design perspective. Required textbook (previous versions are fine as long as the course content is covered): Meier, K. J., Brudney, J. L., & Bohte, J. (2014). Applied Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administration. Grading A >= 95%, A- >= 90 B+ >= 87%, B >= 83%, B- >= 80% C+ >= 77%, C >= 73%, C- >= 70% D+ >= 67%, D >= 63%, D- >= 60% Assignments See assignment page for details. Plagiarism test - 5 pts Participation - 20 pts Reading annotation, 5 pts. Class participation, 5 pts. Group project participation, 10 pts. Customized learning - 20 pts Learning plan, 5 pts. Completion, 15 pts. Group replication project - 55 pts Replication plan, 10 pts. Presentation of replication plan, 5 pts. Replication report, 20 pts. Presentation of your replication, 10 pts. Verification report, 10 pts.