Class

Date

Topic

Due dates (i)

Part I: Introduction: Analytical tools and datasets for social research

1

Wed 28 Jan

Overview:  Roadmap of the class

2

Mon 2nd Feb

The evolution of cross-national opinion research and data sources

3

Wed 4^th Feb

Introduction to the first dataset: ISSP 2004 (GESIS) Lab exercise #1

4

Mon 9^th Feb

Introduction to SPSS for survey analysis Lab exercise #2

Part II: Theories and evidence of citizen politics

5

Wed 11^th Feb

Modes of political participation

#1 LabEx

6

Wed 18^th Feb

Explanations of voting activism

7

Mon 23^rd Feb

Values

8

Wed 25^th Feb

Ideologies

9

Mon 2^nd Mar

The social basis of party support and report planning

10

Wed 4^th Mar

Partisan loyalties and voting choice

11

Mon 9^th Mar

Effective research designs

12

Wed 11^th Mar

Implications for support for democracy

Part III:  Analyzing citizen politics

13

Mon 16^th Mar

Defining researchable questions

#2 LitRev

14

Wed 18^th Mar

Introduction to cross-national datasets and archives: Lab exercise #3

15

Mon 30^th Mar

Selecting suitable cross-national cases and identifying datasets

16

Wed 1^st Apr

Reality checks and replication: Lab exercise #4

17

Mon 6^th Apr

Professional presentation of multivariate analysis: Lab exercise #5

#3 LabEx

18

Wed 8^th Apr

Effective graphics, figures and cases: Lab exercise #6

19

Mon 13^th Apr

Group discussion of research designs

#4 Memo

20

Mon 20^th Apr

Cross-national and time-series analysis

21

Wed 22^nd Apr

Group discussion of draft report presentations

22

Mon 27^th Apr

Contextual multi-level effects: Lab exercise #7

Conclusions

23

Wed 29^th Apr

Conclusion & wrap up

# 5 Report