Coursework
Introduction to the Policy Agendas Project's Website
This short exercise will help students as they explore the resources available through the Policy Agendas Website including the publications page and analysis tools.
Handout | Contact ampol@u.washington.edu
Workshop 1 - Introduction to Research Design
In this workshop, students will be introduced to key aspects of social science research. Topics include modeling, reliability and validity, variables, operationalization and the research process. Workshop materials include a handout which outlines these issues and a worksheet to completed by the student.
Handout | Worksheet | Contact ampol@u.washington.edu
Workshop 2 - Introduction to Quantitative Methods
This workshop will instruct students on many research tools, including web delivered resources like Lexis-Nexis and Thomas and government publications. Workshop handout is meant to be supplemented by instruction by a librarian on searching for articles, data and orignal sources.
Handout | Contact ampol@u.washington.edu Workshop 3 - Library Research in Political Science
This workshop explores the vast field of quantitative methods. Important concepts such as statistical significance, measures of central tendency and dispersion, regression analysis, correlation, among others, are explored. Step-by-step instructions for using SPSS to conduct basic analyses as well as assistance in interpretation are provided. Practice dataset available to download in Excel format. Note: Variables are defined in the worksheet.
Handout | Worksheet | Dataset (.xls) | Contact ampol@u.washington.edu
Workshop 4 - Introduction to Excel
This workshop introduces students to working with data in Excel. It includes instruction on data manipulation, graphing, and table creation in the spreadsheet program.
Handout | Dataset (.xls) | Contact ampol@u.washington.edu |
