RESULTS OF THE POLS 907 COURSE CONTENT SURVEY FOR SPRING 1998

Required topics

Computer programming

    3 weeks...0

    4 weeks...6

International studies data sets

    1 week......5

    2 weeks.....0

Additional Topics

Votes Topic
7 Mathematical models of time series (e.g. Richardson model,chaos models) (1-2 weeks)
6 Statistical time series methods beyond 707 (e.g. VAR) (2 weeks)
6 Event history analysis and Poisson regression (1 week)
5 Event data analysis and KEDS (1-3 weeks)
4 Cluster analysis, correspondence analysis and nearest neighbor methods (1-2 weeks)
4 Content analysis, including CA software (1 week)
4 Sequence analysis methods (e.g. hidden Markov models) (1 week)
3 Nonlinear estimation (1 week)
3 Review of regression methods using matrix algebra (1-2 weeks)
3 Spreadsheets and statistical graphics software (1 week)
3 Principal components analysis (1 week)
2 Regression diagnostics beyond 707 (1 week)
1 Computer simulation (1-2 weeks)
1 Factor and discriminant analysis (1 week)
1 Expert systems and case-based reasoning (1-2 weeks)
1 Contemporary game theory models in IR (1-2 weeks)
1 HTML and web site design (1 week)
0 Machine learning methods (ID3, genetic algorithms, neural networks) (2-3 weeks)
0 ARIMA/Box-Jenkins (1 week)

Written Assignments:

In addition to the required exercises, I would prefer (check one)

0.... A single long research paper (suitable for submission to a journal or presentation at a conference)

5.... Multiple short assignments exploring a variety of topics