Framing of research questions, identification of variables and formulation of hypotheses, measurement, sampling, data gathering techniques, data analysis, and preparation of research reports. Political Management PMGT 202 Quantitative Methods for Political Managers Techniques of data analysis and the uses and abuses of statistical reasoning, with particular emphasis on applications to electoral campaigns, lobbying, and government relations. Topics include measurement, descriptive statistics, probability, and significance testing. PMGT 203 Statistical Analysis of Political Data Multivariate analysis and its applications in politics. Topics include significance testing, correlation, bivariate regression analysis, multivariate regression modeling, and factor analysis.
Students analyze data from actual political surveys.
PMgt 202 or 211. Quantitative Analysis and Political Strategy Techniques of data analysis for formulating political strategies. Topics include major factors influencing voter decisions, level of voter information and attentiveness to politics, and analysis of major models of demographic groupings that allow targeted campaign appeals. Polling Survey research uses in campaigns. Major objectives of surveys, designing and drawing samples, constructing and pretesting questionnaires, modes of interviewing, financial implications, practical problems in selecting and monitoring polling organizations, and interpretation of survey data.