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§ 5 (1) 3b PS Statistics

Students are able to comprehend the logic of common statistical procedures and approaches in empirical research in the social sciences and understand their application in the context of empirical research. They are able to critically receive statistical statements and independently carry out simple data analyses. 

Voting Behaviour and Party Competition

This seminar provides students with knowledge in quantitative methods for the investigation of central questions in the area of individual voting behaviour and party competition. The aim of the course is to enable the participants to conduct independent empirical analyses using the statistical software R. The main topics of the course are univariate, bivariate, and quantitative methods. Central topics of the proseminar are univariate, bivariate and first multivariate analysis methods as well as the graphical and tabular presentation of the empirical results.

Interactive style of teaching

Assignments and a short research plan

Field, Andy P., Jeremy Miles, and Zoë Field. 2012. Discovering Statistics Using R. London; Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.
Field, Andy P., and James Iles. 2016. An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma. Los Angeles: SAGE.

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