POSC 170 — Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
This course welcomes students to the scientific study of politics, research ethics, theory construction and hypothesis generation, research design, conceptualization, operationalization, and measurement of political concepts, and data collection and management of political data. Students will be guided through qualitative and quantitative empirical analyses, which includes interpreting results of regression models for binary, ordinal, categorical, and count outcomes. (C-ID POLS 160) (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-4, Cal-GETC-4)