Advanced applied statistics
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Social scientists study complex phenomena. In order to study these phenomena using quantitative information, one has to use suitable statistical methods that take into account the properties of the research question, research design and the data. The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to select advanced statistical methods which are often used in the social sciences, and to give the students the skills required to implement these methods in Stata.
In many cases, the theoretical and empirical interests of the students result in both interesting and complex topics of study, but using only basic statistical methods would make it impossible to analyze these questions, or would result in less valid (or even invalid) results and conclusions. The main objective of this course is to teach students how they can overcome these problems, which gives the students the possibility and skills to employ advanced statistical methods in answering their research questions. The course builds and extends on previous knowledge acquired in courses such as Methods 2 and 3 for political science students, and it is substantively relevant for students studying e.g. electoral or political behavior, public policy evaluation, comparative politics, or who have a strong interest in methodology.
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The course consists of 15 lectures (of two hours duration) where we introduce, discuss (based on the readings), and work with a particular statistical method or model. Lectures are usually held once a week. Concurrently with the lectures are held 7 labs (of two hours duration) where students work with empirical applications.
There will also be additional learning activities in order to further establish the empirical relevance of the methods introduced during the course. These activities can, for example, take the form of guest lectures or be in the form of methods/statistics related puzzles based on material from the media (e.g., trends in party support) or cases on methodological issues. The students may be required to present their findings to the class.
Besides attending the lectures and labs (30+14 hours in total), and each week requires, on average, 8 hours of preparation work from the students (120 hours in total). In addition to this, preparation for mandatory assignment will be approximately 25 hours (up to 100 hours in total).
Lectures and labs44
Preparation for lectures and labs88
Add-ons3
Mandatory assignments65
Preparation for exam30
Exam40
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Ordinary examination in January. Re-examination in February.
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The student chose the language for the assignment, which can be either Danish or English.
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3 mandatory assignments
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Students have to pass three mandatory assignments which can be written alone or in cooperation with one other student. The language for each assignment can be either Danish or English and will be announced by the course’s teachers (you can except that at least one of the assignments will be in English).
Re-exam in February 2019 (at the same time as re-exam for the Take-home exam). A third attempt may be attended the next time the course is offered on the basis of renewed exam registration.
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Courses offered
Offer period | Offer type | Profile | Education | Semester |
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Fall 2018 | Optional | Studieordning for kandidatuddannelsen i statskundskab gældende for studerende optaget efter 1/9-15 | Master of Science (MSc) in Political Science | Odense | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Studieordning for kandidatuddannelsen i samfundsfag, centralfag, 2018, ved et sidefag på 75 ECTS: | Master of Science (MSc) in Social Sciences | Odense | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Studieordning for kandidatuddannelsen i samfundsfag, centralfag, 2018, ved et sidefag på 45 ECTS, for studerende der har haft Economic Principles (soc) eller tilsvarende på deres bacheloruddannelse | Master of Science (MSc) in Social Sciences | Odense | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Studieordning for kandidatuddannelsen i samfundsfag, centralfag, 2018, ved et sidefag på 75 ECTS, for studerende der har haft Economic Principles (soc) eller tilsvarende på deres bacheloruddannelse | Master of Science (MSc) in Social Sciences | Odense | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Studieordning for kandidatuddannelsen i samfundsfag, centralfag, 2018, ved et sidefag på 45 ECTS | Master of Science (MSc) in Social Sciences | Odense |