PSC 200: Applied Data
Analysis
(Fall 2006)
Announcements
9/29/06: Due to a few typos in
assignment 2, the
due date has been extended to Thursday, October 5th in class
10/2/06: Reminder of office hours: Michael: MW 3-4, Martin: Th,
10-11,
Fabiana: F 10-11
10/18/06: Pratice questions for the exam are posted below
Course
Material
Syllabus
Exams
Review for
Exam
1: Tuesday, October 24, In Class
Date of Exam 1: Thursday, October 26, In Class
Practice Question
for Exam #1
(with solutions)
Review
for Exam
2: Thursday, December 7, In Class
Date of Exam 2: Tuesday, December 12, In Class
Practice Question for Exam #2
(with solutions)
Lecture
Notes
Note Set 1 (Course Overview)
Note Set 2 (Descriptive Statistics)
Note Set 3 (Discrete Probability
Distributions)
Note Set 4 (Continuous Probability
Distributions)
Note Set 5 (Joint Distributions)
Note Set 6 (Sampling Distributions)
Note Set 7 (Inference: Means)
Note Set 8 (Inference:
Proportions)
Note Set 9 (Inference:
Differences in
Means)
Note Set 10 (Inference:
Differences
in Proportions)
Note Set 11 (Inference:
Advanced
Topics)
Note Set R1 (Review for First
Exam)
Note Set 12 (Surveys)
Note Set 13 (Correlation and
Bivariate Regression)
Note Set 14 (Multiple
Regression: Estimation)
Note Set 15 (Multiple
Regression: Hypothesis Testing)
Note Set 16 (Multiple
Regression: Specification)
Note Set 17 (Indicator
Variables and Analysis of Variance)
Note Set 18 (Functional Form
and Interactions)
Note Set R2 (Review for Second
Exam)
Homework
Assignments
Assignment 1 (Assigned Sept. 18, Due Sept. 25)
Assignment 1 Solutions
Assignment 2 (Corrected Typos) (Assigned Sept. 26, Due
Oct. 5)
Assignment 2 Solutions
Assignment 3 (Assigned Oct.
10, Due Oct. 19)
Assignment 3 Solutions
Assignment 4 (Assigned Nov. 7, Due Nov. 14)
Assignment 4 Solutions
Assignment 5 (Assigned Nov. 21, Due Nov. 30)
Assignment 5 Solutions
Assignment 6 (Assigned Nov. 30, Due Dec. 12)
Assignment 6 Solutions
Readings
The Marginals Never Vanished
The
Marginals Never Vanished (Discussion Questions)
Get
Out the Vote
American Public Opinion, Chapter 2
Mystery
Pollster, FAQ on Likely Voters
Real
Clear
Politics, Summary of Senate Preelection Polls
Suplementary Reading: Chapter on
Regression from Pollock
Data
Sets
American National Election Studies (1992)
American National Election Studies (2004)
Gallup Time Series of Presidential Approval
Washington Post / ABC News Preelection
Poll
(Sept. 2004)
Homes in Shadyside Pittsburgh
Value of Diamonds
Direct Democracy and
Voter
Turnout
The State
Legislatures
Israel Election
Study
(2001)
Nasdaq
Returns
Condominiums in Boston (Partial Data
Set)
Condominiums in Boston (Complete Data
Set)
CBS News Preelection
Poll (Oct. 2004)
Civil Wars
Demostration of Multiple Hypothesis
Testing
Legislative Productivity
Miscellaneous
Excel Spreadsheet for Quick
Calculations
(Quick_Calc.xls)