POL 351: Social Surveys in Contemporary Society (Fall 2022)

Course Material
Syllabus
Course Readings
Slides
Data
Homework Assignments
Final Project
Practice Questions for Exam (Solutions)
Course Resources
QuickCalc Spreadsheet
Table of the Normal Distribution


Course Schedule
Class 1 (Aug. 22) - Intro
Class 2 (Aug. 24) - Overview of Research Design
Class 3 (Aug. 29) - Overview of Research Design, History of Polling
Class 4 (Aug. 31) - Sampling
Class 5 (Sept. 7) - Sampling, Descriptive Statistics
Class 6 (Sept. 12) - Descriptive Statistics
Class 7 (Sept. 14) - Descriptive Statistics, Sampling Error
Class 8 (Sept. 19) - Sampling Error
Class 9 (Sept. 21) - Qualtrics Tutorial, Assignment 1 Due
Class 10 (Sept. 26) - Sampling Error
Class 11 (Sept. 28) - Sampling Error
Class 12 (Oct. 3) - Sampling Error
Class 13 (Oct. 5) - Sampling Error, Assignment 2 Due
Class 14 (Oct. 12) - Nonresponse Bias
Class 15 (Oct. 17) - Nonresponse Bias
Class 16 (Oct. 19) - Nonresponse Bias
Class 17 (Oct. 24) - Nonresponse Bias, Assignment 3 Due
Class 18 (Oct. 26) - Nonresponse Bias
Class 19 (Oct. 31) - Forecasting Elections
Class 20 (Nov. 2) - Review Session for Exam
Class 21 (Nov. 7) - Questionnaire Design
Class 22 (Nov. 9) - Exam in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Room N705
Class 23 (Nov. 14) - Questionnaire Design
Class 24 (Nov. 16) - Public Opinion Polls
Class 25 (Nov. 21) - Surveys Administered in Class
Class 26 (Nov. 28) - Public Opinion Polls
Class 27 (Nov. 30) - Building Survey Data Files
Class 28 (Dec. 5) - Public Opinion Polls

Surveys:
Nicholas
Isaac
Bryanna
Carla
Conor
Anthony
Jeanine
Pawan
John