Data Analysis and Politics
GOV 51
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
How can we measure racial discrimination in job hiring? What is the best way to predict election outcomes? What factors drive the onset of civil wars? The goal of this course is to give you the ability to understand, explain, and perform research on the most pressing social and political issues with a special focus on data analysis and causal reasoning. You will be able to read and understand the methodology of most academic articles in the social sciences while also learning the core ideas and tools of data science used across many industries.
Course Notes
This course must be taken for a letter grade. Prerequisite: Gov 50, Stat 100, Stat 104 or equivalent.
Class Notes
Instructor: Sam Fuller
data_science; tech_science
This course requires students to choose timed sections during registration.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
