PLSI631 – Seminar on Research Methods

This course is intended to introduce you to the quantitative analysis of politics. While qualitative analysis is equally as important, time limitations permit this course to focus only on quantitative methods. The division between qualitative and quantitative research is perhaps less interesting and imperative than many scholars would have you believe. This course does NOT focus on quantitative analysis because it is superior, more difficult, more systematic, or more “scientific.” Instead, it is really more of a way to provide you with an “intellectual self-defense” in a world where many phenomena, including political phenomena, are commonly reduced to numbers.

Contact: lweber@csuchico.edu