Estadística aplicada a las ciencias políticas

Statistics for Social Sciences I: Introduction to Statistics

Final project

In groups of up to 3 people, you should perform some descriptive statistical analysis (using Excel) of some data from one of the International Relations

databases mentioned in the first class. You should provide a brief report (not more than 6 pages) outlining the results of your findings and their significance

in the IR context.

Notes, exercises & practicals

Week	Theory classes	Practical classes	Exercises
1	Chapter 1: Introduction and basic concepts	Practical 1: Introduction to statistical software class questionnaire (.xlsx)	Exercises 1 Evaluated exercises 6, 8
2	Chapter 2: Analysis of univariate data (summary and graphical representations)	Practical 2: statistical graphs questionnaire responses (.xlsx)	Exercises 2 Evaluated exercises 1, 2
3	Chapter 2: Analysis of univariate data (numerical summaries of data)	Practical 3: numerical summary of data	Exercises 3 Evaluated exercises 2,4
4	Chapter 3: Analysis of bivariate data (tabular and graphical representations, covariance and correlation)	Practical 4: two way tables	Exercises 4 Evaluated exercises 8,9
5	Chapter 3: Analysis of bivariate data (correlation and regression)	Practical 5: regression	Exercises 5 Evaluated exercises 2,11
6	Chapter 3: Analysis of bivariate data (data that change over time)	Practical 6: time series analysis Youtube video An example of time series decomposition	Exercises 6 Evaluated exercise 6
7	Chapter 4: Probability and probability models (basic ideas)	Practical 7	Exercises 7
8	Chapter 4: Probability and probability models (discrete variables)	Test I
9	Chapter 4: Probability and probability models (continuous variables)	Practical 8/9 : distributions	Exercises 8 & 9 Evaluated exercises 2, 10
10	Chapter 5: Introduction to statistical inference: basic ideas and confidence intervals	Practical 10: confidence intervals	Exercises 10
11	Chapter 5: Introduction to statistical inference: hypothesis tests	Practical 11: hypothesis tests	Exercises 11
12	Chapter 5: Introduction to statistical inference: testing for independence	Practical 12: testing for independence	Exercises 12
13	Revision class and exam preparation		Exercises 13
14	Revision class and exam preparation	Test II	Exercises 14
15	Recovery class