Spring 2001
This is the home site for Political Science 681,
Intermediate Research Methods, at the
University of Arizona.
These pages contain current
announcements
as well as a full description of all
required assignments,
and an outline of the topics and readings constituting the
syllabus.
There are also links to other
resources on the web.
Political Science 681,
Intermediate Research Methods,
is a follow-on to POL 582, Research and Methodology.
Accordingly, POL 582 or its equivalent is a prerequisite for this course.
POL 681 focuses on the application of regression analysis with particular
emphasis on the detection of and solutions to problems commonly encountered
in actual research data. Topics covered in the course
include model specification, nonlinear and nonadditive relationships,
heteroskedasticity, simultaneous estimation, use of qualitative variables,
time series analysis, and pooled designs.
Students should be forewarned that this course alone can not provide sufficient
training for anyone intent on specializing in research methodology. Nor is the
course intended to comprehensively cover contemporary data analytic techniques.
The educational objectives of this course aim more modestly toward providing
graduate students with a level of competence in common regression techniques to
enable them to make significant contributions as research producers.
