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    Apr 03, 2025  
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POL 112 - Introduction to Political Research

Introduction to basic methods of political research including literature reviews, generating and testing political hypotheses and report writing. Material on time management, research skills and computer applications included. Fulfills: GE 1, GEMA; LASR. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code F = offered in fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Use frequency tables to categorize data.
  2. Apply the concept of missing data to improve statistical analysis.
  3. Use measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion to describe data distributions.
  4. Use skew and symmetry to describe data distributions.
  5. Use statistics to make inferences about populations based on the results of random samples.



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