| Fall Term 2024 Outside the Margin of Error: Polling and Quantitative Prediction in Modern Politics - 5829 - GOVT 538 |
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Prerequisites/Notes: Junior standing and completion of the quantitative general education requirement, or consent of instructor Catalog Description : Politicians and prognosticators have increasingly turned to “Big Data”, futures markets, and poll aggregation to predict political outcomes. The course will explore the theory and accuracy of these quantitative predictions, discuss contemporary issues of data quality, and suggest whether quantitative analysis of politics is more than entertainment for political junkies. PREREQUISITES: Junior standing and completion of the quantitative general education requirement, or consent of instructor Attributes: GER Social Science Div, 400-599 Advanced Course
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