PSC 205 Introductory Statistical Methods
  Syllabus pdf
     
PSC 404 Probability and Inference
    Syllabus
     
PSC 405 Linear Models
    Syllabus
    Matthews & Prothro 1963 APSR article
    Matthews & Prothro data
    Matthews & Prothro codebook
    Final Data Analysis
    -- Data
    -- Codebook
     
PSC 505 Maximum Likelihood Estimation
    Syllabus
    HW: Monte Carlo Analysis
    HW: Event Counts
    -- Lisa Martin data: snct.dat
    -- Codebook
    HW: Durations
    -- King, Alt, Burns, Laver data: coal.dta
    -- Codebook
    HW: Grouped Binary Durations
    -- O'Neal & Russett data
    HW: MNL & Ordered Probit
    -- 1992 NES data
    -- Codebook
    HW: Strategic Interaction, Selection, & Model Discrimination
    -- War data
    Other Data
    -- NES2000 Codebook
    -- NES2000 data: Stata v6 with labels
    -- NES2000 data: Stata v6 without labels
    -- NES2000 data: Stata v7 with labels
    -- NES2000 data: Stata v7 without labels
     
PSC 506 Advanced Topics in Methods
    Syllabus
 
PSC 508 Estimating Games & Testing Formal Models
    Syllabus
     
PSC 272 Theories of International Relations
    Syllabus
    Online Course Readings
    Extracts from Game Theory Lecture Notes (IE 4.0 or higher required)
    -- Preferences, Rationality, Utility
    -- Strategic Form Games, Nash Equilibrium
    -- Extensive Form Games, Subgame Perfection
    -- Liberalism: Collective Security Game
    -- Power: Melian Dialogue Game
    -- Repeated PD, Finite Games with Known End
    -- Discounting, Infinitely Repeated Games
    -- Relative Gains
    -- Games of Incomplete Information
    -- Preference Aggregation, Arrow's Theorem, Agendas, Single Peaked Prefs
    Example Midterm
     
PSC 571 Quantitative Approaches to International Politics
    Syllabus
     
PSC 576 Modeling International Conflict
    Syllabus
     
PSC 578 International Relations History and Theory
    Syllabus
     
Comprehensive Exams
    Political Methodology Requirements
    International Relations Requirements
     
    Chirot & Ragin Data Analysis