David Doherty Assistant Professor of Political Science
		Introduction to Statistics Announcements Syllabus No class meeting on Tuesday, November 2nd. Work on Homework assignment 1. Extra TA Office Hours to help with Homework 1: Erica De Bruin: Monday (11/1) 10:00-11:00am at Bass Library Cafe Luis Schiumerini: Monday (11/1) 1:00-3:00pm at Bass Library Cafe; Sanghee Cho: Monday (11/1) 10:30-11:30am at 24 Hillhouse Ave. Library 104a Homework Materials and Data Homework Assignment Data Homework 1: Multivariate Regression and Causality Model Answers mortality.mtw (Minitab) mortality.por (SPSS) Homework 2: Dichotomous/Nominal Variables and Functional Form Model Answers literacy.mtw; turnout2008.mtw (Minitab) literacy.por; turnout2008.por (SPSS) Homework 3: Interaction Terms Model Answers iraq2008.mtw; pocketbook.mtw (Minitab) iraq2008.por; pocketbook.por (SPSS) Homework 4: Review Model Answers Course Outline Lecture Date Answering Political Questions with Quantitative Data 10/26/10 Controlling for Confounds with Multivariate Regression 10/28/10 NO CLASS, 11/2/10 Multivariate Regression - Nominal and Dichotomous IVs 11/4/10 Revisiting the Idea of Confounds 11/9/10 (Re)Considering Functional Forms 11/11/10 Interactions 11/16/10 Experiments in Political Science 11/18/10 FALL BREAK Analyzing Experimental Data 11/30/10 Review 12/2/10 FINAL EXAM, 2pm on 12/14/10 Email: ddoherty@luc.edu