Module POLM086 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
POLM086: Quantitative Data Analysis
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Individual presentation of data analysis problem, based on final project | 10 minutes | 10, 11 | Verbal Feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Practical assignments + data analysis including results tables and graphs | 50 | 3 x 500 words | 1-9 | Written and or verbal feedback |
Final assignment + data analysis including results tables and graphs | 50 | 3,000 words | 9-11 | Written and or verbal feedback |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Practical assignments + data analysis including results tables and graphs | Practical assignments + data analysis including results tables and graphs | 1-9 | August reassessment period |
Final assignment + data analysis including results tables and graphs | Final assignment + data analysis including results tables and graphs | 9-11 | August reassessment period |
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)