PSCI 3105 - Designing Social Inquiry: An Introduction to Analyzing Political Phenomena Course uri icon

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  • Tackles conceptualization and measurement with a focus on reliability and validity of measures at the individual level. Explores how improper measurement and conceptualization can affect our inferences. Investigates how to use the tools of causal logic with statistical tools to differentiate linear, spurious, intervening and conditional relationships with a particular focus on what it means to "control for other factors".

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