Postgraduate Module Descriptor


POLM086: Quantitative Data Analysis

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:

Gill, G. 2006. Essential Mathematics for Political and Social Research Cambridge

Pollock III, Philip H. 2008. The Essentials of Political Analysis (3rd ed.). 2008. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. King, Gary, Robert Keohane and Sidney Verba, 1994. Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research, Princeton.

Field, A. 2005. Discovering Statistics Using SPSS London, Sage.

Hoover, K and Donovan, T. 2007. The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking (9th edition, Thomson Learning)