Political Science 394RIH - PoliPolling&SurveyRsrch, Hons

The class will examine how political scientists use surveys to measure and understand public opinion and election outcomes. A significant component of the course will be a class project to develop, conduct, and analyze an exit poll survey of voters during the elections. In the process of conducting this survey, students will learn valuable skills including how to write survey questions, how to properly sample and interview respondents, and how to analyze survey data. They will also learn what constitutes public opinion, where public opinion comes from, how it changes, and why it matters for our political system.

This class is open to Senior and Junior Political Science majors and to Senior and Junior Commonwealth Honors College non-majors only. This course fulfills the Integrative Experience (IE) requirement for Political Science primary majors only.