Government 203 - Empirical Methods in Political Science

Empirical Methods in Pol Sci

Spring
2026
L02
0.00
Howard Jonah Gold

TH 3:10 PM - 5:00 PM

Smith College
GOV-203-L02-202603
hgold@smith.edu
The fundamental problems in summarizing, interpreting and analyzing empirical data. Discussions include research design and measurement, descriptive statistics, sampling, significance tests, correlation and regression. Special attention is paid to survey data and to data analysis using computer software. Restrictions: Students do not normally earn credit for more than one course on this list: ECO 220, GOV 203, MTH 220, PSY 201, SDS 201, SDS 210, SDS 220 or SOC 204. Enrollment limited to 75.

[CE] Statistical/Methods Course Limit

Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.

Must take Laboratory, Lecture

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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