Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
POLI 507 - ADV TOPICS POL METHODS II
Long Title: ADVANCED TOPICS IN POLITICAL METHODOLOGY II
Department: Political Science
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): POLI 506
Description: An initiation to machine learning tailored for social science research. We will acquaint participants with modern machine learning methods and their applications in the R programming language. We will then demonstrate various applications of machine learning techniques to answer research questions in the social sciences, such as the application of machine learning to causal inference.