Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2504H1S L0101
Statistics for Political Scientists
Themes
This course is a graduate-level introductory course on the theory and application of statistical methods of empirical research in political science. It primarily targets Ph.D. students who wish to use statistical methods in their future research. The objective of the course is to provide students with opportunities to acquire the foundational knowledge of statistics needed for further study of sophisticated statistical methods taught in more advanced courses and eventually self-taught in the future. Coverage includes: probability theory, descriptive statistics, descriptive, associational, and causal inference, and linear regression model.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
Combination of lectures, labs, and seminars/workshops. Course requirements TBA.
September 12, 2024
Congratulations to political science students Yojana Miraya Oscco and Jenna Quelch who have both been awarded 'Connaught PhDs for Public Impact' fellowships. The Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship Program offers U of T doctoral students...
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...