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POL 345
Quantitative Analysis & Politics
Kosuke Imai
MW, 3:30-4:20 pm

What accounts for who votes and their choice of candidate? Do politicians make policy based on constituency interests or their own ideologies? Would universal health insurance improve the health of the poor? Policy makers and academic researchers use statistics to answer these questions. However, the validity of their conclusions depends upon underlying assumptions and correct application of statistical methods. This course introduces the basics of applied statistics to students who have had little previous exposure to the subject. Topics will include causal inference, descriptive inference, survey analysis, and probability.