Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2519H1F L0101
Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis
Themes
This course provides graduate students with an advanced training in quantitative methods focusing on two families of models commonly used in applied political research: 1) models for categorical dependent variables, and 2) models for panel data analysis. The course takes place in a computer lab. It comprises lectures presenting the theory behind each statistical model, discussions of concrete examples based on published articles, as well as interactive sessions using the R programming language. This year's course is adapted for PhD students who already completed POL 2504 (or have the equivalent background), and represents a natural continuation for students looking to use statistical methods in their own research. POL 2519 may also be suitable for MA students who received an extended training in quantitative methods at the undergraduate level and are looking for an advanced course going beyond linear regression.
Texts
TBA
Format and Requirements
The course takes place in a computer lab. Familiarity with statistics (POL 2504 or equivalent) is required.
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...