College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics
Module POLM030 for 2018/9
Module POLM030 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM030: Mathematics and Programming Skills for Policy Analytics
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio. Introduction to computational social science: principles and applications. Springer Science & Business Media, 2013.
Gill, Jeff. 2006. Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Bush, ROBERT R., et al. "Mathematics for social scientists." The American Mathematical Monthly 61.8 (1954): 550-561.
Kropko, Jonathan. Mathematics for Social Scientists. SAGE Publications, 2015.